DENTAL ANESTHETIC COMPRISING TETRACAINE AND VASOCONSTRICTOR FOR INTRANASAL ADMINISTRATION

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dental anesthetic comprising tetracaine and a vasoconstrictor for intranasal administration.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to tetracaine based anesthetic formulations and methods of use thereof. The invention further relates to topical formulations of tetracaine and methods of topically anesthetizing body tissue. The present invention also relates to tetracaine based dental anesthetic formulations and methods for anesthetizing the maxillary dental arch using these formulations. In one aspect, the present invention provides a tetracaine based anesthetic formulation which is useful for anesthetizing at least a portion of a body part, organ, or tissue.