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From: weltyrp@rpics.UUCP (Richard Welty)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: Re: Re: Re: cocaine in (very) old coke
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Date: Fri, 2-Aug-85 23:01:15 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  2 23:01:15 1985
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>      Wrongo.  Cocaine is a lousy topical anesthetic. Applied to unbroken
> skin, the absorption is pretty much el-zippo.  As for its use in oro-nasal
> surgery, it is effective, but Lidocaine (xylocaine) is far, far, far
> ...
Gee, the one time it was used as an anesthetic on me it seemed to work
pretty well ... or maybe I was just imagining the lack of pain ...
-- 
				Rich Welty

	(I am both a part-time grad student at RPI and a full-time
	 employee of a local CAE firm, and opinions expressed herein
	 have nothing to do with anything at all)

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