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Novocaine
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Novocaine 

an analgesic; a hydrochloride of diethylaminoethyl ester of paraaminobenzoic acid. Novocaine solutions are used for local anesthesia, novocaine block, for vascular spasms, and eczema. They are also used to dilute certain antibiotics, such as penicillin, in order to prolong their effect.
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Sources said that the cocaine was cut with rat poison as well as Novocain - used by dentists to freeze patients' gum.
FAMILY BLAST DRUG DEALER 'SCUMBAGS' Deadly batch cut with rat poison by The Mirror (London, England)
I always knew that DeWayne was tough, but one time he came back from the dentist and he had several teeth fixed but without Novocain, because he needed to be able to talk to his distance runners at practice and would have had difficulty if his mouth was numb," said Gillespie.
Longtime Thurston track coach `touched thousands of lives' by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
I wanted the Novocain to last 12 or 24 hours because the medic said it'd be easier to ride with the stitches in.
The last word by Nilsen, Kim / Journal of Accountancy
 
 
 
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