An alkaloid ester extracted from the leaves of plants including coca. It is a local anesthetic and vasoconstrictor and is clinically used for that purpose, particularly in the eye, ear, nose, and throat. It also has powerful central nervous system effects similar to the amphetamines and is a drug of abuse. Cocaine, like amphetamines, acts by multiple mechani...
For the introduction of local (topical) anesthesia of accessible mucous membranes of the oral, laryngeal and nasal cavities.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
University of Kentucky Laboratory of Human Behavioral Pharmacology, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Michael Debakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States
University of Kentucky Department of Behavioral Science, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Laboratory of Human Behavioral Pharmacology, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
University of Kentucky Laboratory of Human Behavioral Pharmacology, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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