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 Kentucky Laboratory of Human Behavioral Pharmacology, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Laboratory of Human Behavioral Pharmacology, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Vince and Associates Clinical Research, Overland Park,, Kansas, United States
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ivey Eye Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Irving Center for Clinical Research, New York, New York, United States
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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