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List of local anesthetics
This is a
list of
local
anesthetic agents
. Not all of these
drugs
are still used in
clinical practice
and in
research
. Some are primarily of
historical
interest
.
Drug
Other
common names
Image
First
synthesis
Dates
of
clinical use
Chemical/structural class
Duration
of
effect
amylocaine
Stovaine
1904
ester- benzoic
ambucaine
diester - aminosalicylic
articaine
Astracaine, Septanest,
Septocaine
, Ultracaine, Zorcaine
Amide
benzocaine
Anbesol
,
Orajel
Ester - Aminobenzoic
Short
benzonatate
Tessalon
bupivacaine
Marcaine,
Sensorcaine
, Vivacaine
1957
1963
Amide
Moderate
butacaine
ester- aminobenzoic
butanilicaine
Amide
chloroprocaine
Nesacaine
Ester - Aminobenzoic
cinchocaine
dibucaine
, Cincain,
Cinchocaine
, Nupercainal,
Nupercaine
,
Sovcaine
1925
1930
Ester - Aminobenzoic
cocaine
1855 ,
1898
1884
Ester - Benzoic
cyclomethycaine
Ester - hydroxybenzoic
dibucaine
Amide
diperodon
dimethocaine
larocaine
eucaine
α-Eucaine
,
β-eucaine