Definition of benzocaine
: a white crystalline ester C9H11NO2 used as a local anesthetic
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Additionally, rubbing medicine with benzocaine on the gums when a child is teething does not seem to help the pain any better than just rubbing the gums without medicine.
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The Food and Drug Administration warned parents on Wednesday about the dangers of using teething products that contain the popular numbing agent benzocaine.
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Children’s gel teething products that contain the painkiller benzocaine.
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The Food and Drug Administration said that various gels and creams containing the drug benzocaine can cause rare but deadly side effects in children, especially those 2 years and younger.
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This is not the first warning about benzocaine from the FDA.
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Regulators have issued multiple warnings about benzocaine but deaths have continued.
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But thanks to a warning from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), teething products containing benzocaine, a topical anesthetic, will have to come off shelves.
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The Food and Drug Administration said that various gels and creams containing the drug benzocaine can cause rare but deadly side effects in children, especially those 2 years and younger.
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Origin and Etymology of benzocaine
International Scientific Vocabulary benz- + -caine
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of benzocaine
: a white crystalline ester C9H11NO2 used as a local anesthetic — called also
ethyl aminobenzoate
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