A clear, colorless liquid rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and distributed throughout the body. It has bactericidal activity and is used often as a topical disinfectant. It is widely used as a solvent and preservative in pharmaceutical preparations as well as serving as the primary ingredient in alcoholic beverages.
For therapeutic neurolysis of nerves or ganglia for the relief of intractable chronic pain in such conditions as inoperable cancer and trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux), in patients for whom neurosurgical procedures are contraindicated.
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States
Shandong First Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Jinan, Shandong, China
Psychopharmacology of Addiction Laboratory, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Johns Hopkins Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States
University of Pennsylvania Center for Studies of Addiction, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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