chloroprocaine
Sign in to saveAlso known as chloroprocaine hydrochloride, Nesacaine®, chloroprocain, 4-amino-2-chlorobenzoic acid 2-(diethylamino)ethyl ester, 2-chloroprocaine, Chloroprocain, Cloroprocaina
Chloroprocaine, sold under the brand name Nesacaine among others is a local anesthetic given by injection. It is used as the hydrochloride salt. Chloroprocaine is a local anesthetic.
Key facts
- Drug.Verifiedfields
- changed
- Drug.verifiedrevid
- 460032727
- Drug.image
- Chloroprocaine.svg
- Drug.image_class
- skin-invert-image
- Drug.width
- 250
- Drug.tradename
- Nesacaine, others
- Drug.DailyMedID
- Chloroprocaine
- Drug.routes_of_administration
- Intrathecal, eye drop
- Drug.class
- Local anesthetic
- Drug.ATC_prefix
- N01
- Drug.ATC_suffix
- BA04
- Drug.legal_CA
- Rx-only
- Drug.legal_US
- Rx-only
- Drug.legal_status
- Rx-only
- Drug.CAS_number
- 133-16-4
- Drug.CAS_number2
- 3858-89-7
- Drug.PubChem
- 8612
- Drug.PubChem2
- 441348
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
588 papers- Chloroprocaine.2006
- Chloroprocaine.2026
- PMID 376432582023
- Chloroprocaine.Anaesthesia · 1979
- Chloroprocaine for epidural anesthesia in infants and children.Paediatric anaesthesia · 2017
via PubMed
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Medical uses
- Subarachnoid block
- Obstetrics
- Synthesis
- References
Chloroprocaine, sold under the brand name Nesacaine among others is a local anesthetic given by injection. It is used as the hydrochloride salt. Chloroprocaine is a local anesthetic.
==Medical uses== Chloroprocaine (Nesacaine) is indicated for the production of local anesthesia by infiltration and peripheral nerve block; and for the production of local anesthesia by infiltration, peripheral and central nerve block, including lumbar and caudal epidural blocks.
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