99% Purity Pharmaceutical Intermediates Local Anesthetic Pain Killer Powder Procaine CAS 59 46 1

Local anesthetic Pain Killer Powder Procaine CAS: 59-46-1

Procaine is a local anesthetic drug of the amino ester group. It is used primarily to reduce the pain of intramuscular injection of penicillin, and it is also used in dentistry. Owing to the ubiquity of the trade name Novocain, in some regions procaine is referred to generically as novocaine. It acts mainly by being a sodium channel blocker. Today it is used therapeutically in some countries due to its sympatholytic, anti-inflammatory, perfusion enhancing, and mood enhancing effects.

Basic Data

Product Name: Procaine
CAS: 59-46-1
Grade: pharmaceutical grade
Assay: 99%
MF: C13H20N2O2
MW: 236.3101
EINECS: 200-426-9
Appearance: white crystalline
Packing: 25KG/ cardboard bucket can be split
Ingredients: 4- amino benzoic acid -2- (two ethyl amino) ethyl ester
Physical and chemical properties: white or white crystalline powder
Category: pharmaceutical raw materials
Field: local anesthesia
Application: for local anesthesia, used in the eyes, ears, nose, teeth and other operations, for infiltration anesthesia, transmission tutor anesthesia and blocking therapy

Description

Procaine, an ester anesthetic, is metabolized in the plasma by the enzyme pseudocholinesterase through hydrolysis into para-amino benzoic acid (PABA), which is then excreted by the kidneys into the urine.

Procaine is the primary ingredient in the controversial preparation Gerovital H3 by Ana Aslan (Romania), which is claimed by its advocates to remedy many effects of aging. The mainstream medical view is that these claims were seriously studied and discredited in the 1960s.

A 1% procaine injection has been recommended for the treatment of extravasation complications associated with venipuncture (along with moist heat, ASA, steroids, antibiotics). It has likewise been recommended for treatment of inadvertent intra-arterial injections (10 ml of 1% procaine), as it helps relieve pain and vascular spasm.

Application

The primary use for procaine is as a topical anaesthetic.

Procaine is used less frequently today since more effective (and hypoallergenic) alternatives such as lidocaine (Xylocaine) exist. It has been discontinued from US markets.

Like other local anesthetics (such as mepivacaine, and prilocaine), procaine is a vasodilator, and is often coadministered with epinephrine for the purpose of vasoconstriction. Vasoconstriction helps to reduce bleeding, increases the duration and quality of anesthesia, prevents the drug from reaching systemic circulation in large amounts, and overall reduces the amount of anesthetic required.

Unlike cocaine, a vasoconstrictor, procaine does not have the euphoric and addictive qualities that put it at risk for abuse. MDMA manufactures also use procaine as an additive at ratios ranging from 1:1 up to 10% MDMA with 90% procaine, which can be life-threatening.

Procaine is an occasional additive in illicit street drugs, such as cocaine.

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