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.
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
General Clinical Research Center/Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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