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Cocaine is the original and still best local anesthetic.
Cocaine is also a Central Nervous System (CNS) stimulant.
For patients experiencing extremely great pain, often the analgesics are morphine or some other opiate. Opiates in high doses cause the patient to be drowsy, and makes it difficult for the patient to be alert.
Adding sufficient Cocaine to the medication regimen along with the powerful pain killers, enables the patient to be awake and alert, while also having their pain reduced or mitigated. The combination was pioneered by a 19th Century surgeon, Herbert Snow, and is known as Brompton's Mixture, or Brompton Cocktail, named for Brompton Hospital in London, where it was administered to patients in the 1920's.
Although it has fallen into disuse, and has been disregarded by most contemporary physicians treating patients experiencing high levels of severe and intense pain, the Brompton's Coctail combination of Morphine Sulfate plus Cocaine Hydrochloride is unmatched in effectively providing the patient pain relief, without them having to lose consciousness.
The most common use of such a combination has been with terminal Hospice patients and advanced Cancer patients.
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BlakeQuite simply, there are no medical uses for cocaine itself. Dopamine, however, is widely used as an anti-depressant, among other things.
Cocaine is used by health care professionals to temporarily numb the lining of the mouth, nose, and throat
No, there is no medical use for crack cocaine. There is a medical use for regular cocaine -- it is used as an anesthetic in eye surgeries -- but not crack.
In some nasal and dental surgeries. It constricts blood flow there by less blood and it has a numbing effect. But Novicaine is found to be more effective.
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Are there any medical conditions that test positive for cocaine?
No the only way you can fail is to do cocaine or crack cocaine
Is it true that coke used to contain cocaine back then?
Yes, the original formulation of Coca-Cola used coca leaves for "flavoring", and these contain cocaine. The modern version still uses them; however, it uses leaves from which the cocaine has been previously extracted (for medical purposes), so none gets into the beverage.
Does a one dollar bill have cocaine on it?
No. The Federal Government are against the uses of any/all drugs of any sort.
What common forms of usage does cocaine have?
Cocaine is a recreational drug; it is used for entertainment rather than for any medical purpose. And of course, it is dangerously addictive and illegal.
Does alcohol have any medical benefits or uses?
No
What is the legal name for cocaine?
It comes as pure white crystalline powder. Cocaine HCl (or Cocaine Hydrochloride) is your answer.
Are there any medical uses of wine?
In a medical facility no one uses wine. But it can be used for disinfection of a wound because of the alcohol in it.
Does this drug have any medical benefits or uses?
Some drugs do in fact have medical benefits.
Who is famous that uses cocaine?
Bob the builder
The right way to cook 3.5 grams of cocaine to convert to crack cocaine?
Cocaine is an illegal drug save for medical purposes in many countries.
What drug is never used for a medical purpose?
Cocaine
Do Sunflowers have any medical uses?
Im not sure if this is a medical use but one thing is sunflower oil.
