How to Use benzocaine in a Sentence

benzocaine

noun
  • Stay away from teething tablets that contain the plant poison belladonna and gels with benzocaine.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Children’s gel teething products that contain the painkiller benzocaine.
    — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 24 May 2018
  • The case spurred Warren to keep an eye for products containing benzocaine.
    — NBC News, 18 Sep. 2019
  • If your child has ingested products with benzocaine, look for symptoms of methemoglobinemia.
    — Taylor Seely, USA TODAY, 23 May 2018
  • Numbing creams that use anesthetics like benzocaine are widely available.
    — Lindsey Lanquist, SELF, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Additionally, rubbing medicine with benzocaine on the gums when a child is teething does not seem to help the pain any better than just rubbing the gums without medicine.
    — Philly.com, 7 June 2018
  • Any anesthetic product used on the toad must contain 20% benzocaine or lidocaine.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
  • There are plenty of pain-relieving creams and sprays out there with ingredients ending in -caine, like lidocaine and benzocaine.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 6 May 2022
  • Avoid applying benzocaine, which can irritate the skin or cause an allergic reaction.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 10 June 2021
  • Common over-the-counter products containing the numbing agent benzocaine can pose serious health risks to infants, with little to no benefits.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 23 May 2018
  • Orajel™ Teething Gels contain benzocaine and are recommended for children two years or older.
    — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • If no benzocaine or lidocaine is available, the toad can be chilled in a refrigerator for several hours before being frozen for 24 hours.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
  • Regulators have issued multiple warnings about benzocaine but deaths have continued.
    — Matthew Perrone, USA TODAY, 23 May 2018
  • Last year, the Food and Drug Administration warned that over-the-counter drugs containing benzocaine should not be used to treat infants or kids younger than two years old for this very reason.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Numbing medication caused her reaction In his patient’s case, her reaction was caused by benzocaine, an active ingredient found in over-the-counter toothache and cold sore medicine.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Parents have always been overwhelmed by babies crying from teething and have used some truly awful, dangerous methods to stop the pain such as drinking alcohol, paregoric (a strong opioid), and now benzocaine.
    — Philly.com, 7 June 2018
  • Once the toad is positively identified as the invasive species by spotting the poison glands behind its eyes, benzocaine or lidocaine ointment or spray can be used as anesthesia to ensure the toad doesn’t feel pain.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
  • Some of the drugs were discovered a century ago or earlier, including benzocaine (a local anesthetic sometimes put in cough drops) and quinidine (a treatment for heart rhythm disorders).
    — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2018
  • The most common active ingredient, benzocaine, a local anesthetic, can cause a blood disease methemoglobinemia which prevents red blood cells from carrying oxygen to the baby’s body.
    — Philly.com, 7 June 2018
  • Ingredients to avoid include lidocaine and benzocaine, which, like menthol and pramoxine hydrochloride, numbs the skin and distracts the receptors from itchiness.
    — Danielle Zoellner, Verywell Health, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Health officials have previously warned consumers about benzocaine, which can cause a rare but life-threatening blood condition, especially in children under age 2.
    — Laura McKnight, NOLA.com, 23 May 2018
  • Products for adults can still contain benzocaine, but the FDA also wants companies to add additional warnings for those products going forward.
    — Abigail Abrams, Time, 25 May 2018
  • The health agency is also asking that companies add warnings for adults and children age 2 and up to oral-health products containing benzocaine, a common ingredient in pain-relieving oral gels, sprays, ointments and lozenges.
    — Laura McKnight, NOLA.com, 23 May 2018
  • The Food and Drug Administration warned parents on Wednesday about the dangers of using teething products that contain the popular numbing agent benzocaine.
    — Abigail Abrams, Time, 25 May 2018
  • The Food and Drug Administration said that various gels and creams containing the drug benzocaine can cause rare but deadly side effects in children, especially those 2 years and younger.
    — Matthew Perrone, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2018
  • The agency said Wednesday that various gels containing the drug benzocaine (BEN-zoh-keyn) can cause rare but deadly side effects in children, especially those 2 years and younger.
    — Matthew Perrone, USA TODAY, 23 May 2018
  • Although the condition can be inherited, some people develop it after taking certain medications, including benzocaine.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 24 May 2018
  • The Mayo Clinic also advises against pain relievers that contain benzocaine (including Orajel) because that ingredient has been linked to a rare but serious health condition.
    — Andrea Park, SELF, 18 Dec. 2017

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