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  2. Local anesthesia - Wikipedia

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    A local anesthetic is a drug that causes reversible local anesthesia and a loss of nociception. When it is used on specific nerve pathways (nerve block), effects such as analgesia (loss of pain sensation) and paralysis (loss of muscle power) can be achieved. Clinical local anesthetics belong to one of two classes: aminoamide and aminoester ...

  3. Cocaine - Wikipedia

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    Crack is a lower purity form of free-base cocaine that is usually produced by neutralization of cocaine hydrochloride with a solution of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3) and water, producing a very hard/brittle, off-white-to-brown colored, amorphous material that contains sodium carbonate, entrapped water, and other by-products as the ...

  4. Anesthetic - Wikipedia

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    Leaves of the coca plant (Erythroxylum novogranatense var. Novogranatense), from which cocaine, a naturally occurring local anesthetic, is derived [1] [2]. An anesthetic (American English) or anaesthetic (British English; see spelling differences) is a drug used to induce anesthesia ⁠— ⁠in other words, to result in a temporary loss of sensation or awareness.

  5. Cocaethylene - Wikipedia

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    In most users, cocaethylene produces euphoria and has a longer duration of action than cocaine. [7] [8] Some studies [9] [10] suggest that consuming alcohol in combination with cocaine may be more cardiotoxic than cocaine and "it also carries an 18 to 25 fold increase over cocaine alone in risk of immediate death". [8]

  6. List of local anesthetics - Wikipedia

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    cocaine: 1855 (first isolation by Friedrich Gaedcke), 1898 (first synthesis by Richard Willstätter) 1884 (Karl Koller, William Stewart Halsted) Ester - Benzoic cyclomethycaine [2] Ester - hydroxybenzoic dibucaine [3] Amide diperodon [4] [5] dimethocaine: larocaine eucaine: α-Eucaine, β-eucaine

  7. Plane Passenger Allegedly Caught with $238K Worth of Cocaine ...

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    In the affidavit that supports the complaint, the special agent says that based on their years of experience with similar incidents, they know that one kilogram of cocaine is worth $17,000 to $20,000.

  8. Dealing with water weight? Why it's happening and 7 ways to ...

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    "The majority of the adult body is water, up to 60% of your weight," says Schnoll-Sussman, adding that the average person's weight can fluctuate one to five pounds per day due to water.

  9. List of cocaine analogues - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of cocaine analogues.A cocaine analogue is an (usually) artificial construct of a novel chemical compound from (often the starting point of natural) cocaine's molecular structure, with the result product sufficiently similar to cocaine to display similarity in, but alteration to, its chemical function.