Dentist and cocaine

[Surreygirl30]

Ok this amused the hell out of me but an 'older' employee here is convinced that you are given cocaine at the dentist (these days). Is she right or wrong - i just have visions of her going to a dodgy dentist - hi, i have tooth ache - any chance of some cocaine lol ha ha. I have never ever heard of this but hey i am probably wrong. Just wondered if someone could enlighten me - i am pretty sure it use to be put in coke cola years ago (hence the name). :-)

[Octavius]

novocaine?

[mazie]

I think they're getting a little mixed up with Novacaine. It's what they inject into you mouth to numb it

but I think your collegue's version sounds much better :o)

[A Chill Wind]

I'm not sure about the dentist, though I had a nostril cauterised during the early 1990s and was mildly taken aback to see a tube of cocaine paste present. I've no idea what kind of concentration's involved for medical purposes!

[Surreygirl30]

ha ha oh i cant wait to tell her - imagine how funny when she goes to the dentist. she was going oh i ask them for cocaine every time and it takes the pain right away - crazy lady.

[Octavius]

Novocaine was once called procraine.

Novacaine, a dental anesthetic and benzocaine (an ingredient used in Anbesol and other non-prescription oral anesthetics) are related to cocaine and can both cause a person to test positive for cocaine even though they themselves are not illegal drugs.

Prior to the discovery of procaine, cocaine was the most commonly used local anesthetic. Procaine (like cocaine) has the advantage of constricting blood vessels, which reduces bleeding, unlike other local anesthetics like lidocaine, and without the euphoric and addictive qualities of cocaine.

Coca-cola removed all traces of cocaine (albeit minute) from it's main product by about 1929.

[SizzleSquid]

Ha ha--you guys!! the anaesthetic is opiate based, which in theory is heron based, not cocaine. All general and local anaesthetics are opiate based, as are most strong painkillers are, such as dihydrocodeine, morphine ect.

[tictactoe]

We have bits of a bird injected in our gums - whatever next?? lol ;-))

[black bunny]

...reading this thread reminded me of something I read once, about a prank played on a guy on his wedding night...a friend(!) got hold of some Novocaine (via a girlfriend dental assistant) and mixed it into the KY jelly he knew was going to be used (I'm assuming here that the bride was a virgin and something would be needed to , erm, ease things)...
I'll leave it your collective imaginations to picture the disappointment...

[admarlow]

dentists used to use it about 100 years ago. It also used to be mixed into cheap red wine..yum!

[Octavius]

The first effective local anaesthetic was cocaine.

The first local anesthetic used in dentistry was Cocaine, introduced as an anesthetic by Carl Koller (1857-1944) in 1884. Researchers soon began working on a non-addictive substitute for Cocaine, and as a result German Chemist, Alfred Einkorn introduced Novocain in 1905. Alfred Einkorn was researching an easy-to-use and safe local anesthesia to use on soldiers during wartime. He refined the chemical procaine until it was more effective, and named the new product Novocain. Novocain never became popular for military use; however, it did become popular as an anesthetic among dentists. But Novocain is a brand name so more often you will find your dentist pulling out the procaine before pulling out yer gnashers.

Sizzle, you might be referring to opioids rather than opiates. Opioids are largely used for pain relief (such as morphene which is an opioid alkaloid) and are as such more suited as an analgesic rather than anesthetic. I think the use may be cointraverisl though as opioids have dependance and withdrawal issues.

[picklepants]

I work in a hospital and we supply cocaine solution for use in orthodontics as an anaesthetic. Never snorted it so don't know how good it is!!(joking!)