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Tetracaine

An ester-type local anaesthetic, also known as amethocaine, synthesised in Germany in 1928 and used from the early 1930s for spinal anaesthesia; it is also used as a fast-acting topical anaesthetic. This family brings together the active ingredient, pharmacopoeial impurities, labelled standards, nitrosamines and other impurities.

Did you know?Its creator, German chemist Otto Eisleb, also made pethidine (meperidine) in the late 1930s, considered the first fully synthetic opioid.

TetracaineGo to the active ingredient →
TetracaineActive ingredientTetracaineCat. No. P-T072-001CAS 94-24-6
Tetracaine-d6Isotopically labelledTetracaine-d6Cat. No. P-T072-006CAS 756771-02-5

EDQM standards 3

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

Reference substanceTetracaine CRSEDQM code Y0002117Family Tetracaine

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