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 California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Psychopharmacology of Addiction Laboratory, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Johns Hopkins Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States
Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poznań, Poland
Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poznań, Poland
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