Drug Summary

  Drug name:  benzocaine
  Chemical name:  Benzocaine
  Formula:  C₉H₁₁NO₂
  Weight:   165.1891
  CAS no:  94-09-7
  DrugBank link:  DB01086
  Description:  A surface anesthetic that acts by preventing transmission of impulses along nerve fibers and at nerve endings. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For general use as a lubricant and topical anesthetic on esophagus, larynx, mouth, nasal cavity, rectum, respiratory tract or trachea, urinary tract, vagina. It is also used to suppress gag reflex.