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Phenacaine

A local anaesthetic of the amidine class, already in use in the early 20th century and employed mainly in ophthalmology: as eye drops it numbed the surface of the eye. This family brings together the active ingredient.

Did you know?Its name blends phen(o)-, acet- and (co)caine, and the chemistry agrees: it can be made from phenacetin, an old painkiller, by reacting it with p-phenetidine.

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