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17 Major Classical Local Anaesthetics | Drugs

This article throws light upon the seventeen major classical local anaesthetics. They are: 1. Cocaine 2. Procaine 3. Chloroprocaine 4. Tetracaine (Amethocaine) 5. Lidocaine (Lignocaine) 6. Mepivacaine 7. Bupivacaine 8. Hexylcaine 9. Proparacaine (Proxymetacaine) 10. Oxybuprocaine (Benoxinate) 11. Benzocaine (Ethyl Amino Benzoate) 12. Butamben (Butylaminobenzoate) 13. Cinchocaine (Dibucaine) and few others. 1. Cocaine: Local anaesthetic potency is 3 times (range [...]

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Major and Minor Tranquilizers (With Drug Interaction) | Animals

In this article we will discuss about the antipsychotic drugs or major tranquilizers and anxiolytics or the minor tranquilizers. Antipsychotic Drugs or Major Tranquilizers: These were previously referred as the major tranquilizers and are primarily used for the treatment of schizophrenia and mania though many of them have anxiolytic action too. Depending on the chemistry, these have been divided into [...]

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Local Anaesthetics: Features, Development and Applications

An Ideal Local Anaesthetic: An ideal local anaesthetic should qualify four principal qualities: it should be selective and effective for action and safe and stable for use. Selective: It should selectively block the function of sensory nerves (reversible paralysis) to produce local analgesia. Effective: It should be effective whether applied topically or upon injection. Onset of action should be rapid. [...]

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