Procaine
"Procaine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A local anesthetic of the ester type that has a slow onset and a short duration of action. It is mainly used for infiltration anesthesia, peripheral nerve block, and spinal block. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1016).
| Descriptor ID |
D011343
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.241.223.100.050.500.906 D02.455.426.559.389.127.020.937.906
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| Concept/Terms |
Novocain- Novocain
- Aventis Brand of Procaine Hydrochloride
- Abbott Brand of Procaine Hydrochloride
Procain curasan- Procain curasan
- curasan Brand of Procaine Hydrochloride
- Procain Rödler
Procaina Serra- Procaina Serra
- Serra Pamies Brand of Procaine Hydrochloride
Röwo Procain- Röwo Procain
- Pharmakon Brand of Procaine Hydrochloride
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Tobias JD, Rasmussen GE, Holcomb GW, Brock JW, Morgan WM. Continuous caudal anaesthesia with chloroprocaine as an adjunct to general anaesthesia in neonates. Can J Anaesth. 1996 Jan; 43(1):69-72.