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Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride as a Local Anesthetic Agent

1956; American Medical Association; Volume: 74; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/archderm.1956.01550070078015

1538-3652

Charles Steffen,

Surgical Sutures and Adhesives

Introduction Minor surgical procedures are occasionally necessary for patients who have either a known sensitivity to procaine or who obtain little or no anesthesia from it. It was felt that a substitute drug of a different chemical structure would be of definite value. One of the physiologic properties of the antihistamines is that of local anesthesia. 1 It was therefore decided to proceed with a clinical investigation of one of them, diphenhydramine hydrochloride (Benadryl) as a local anesthetic. Review of the Literature Rosenthal and Minard 2 noticed in 1939 that thymoxyethyldiethylamine produced local anesthesia to the same extent as but of longer duration than 1% procaine (Novocaine) when injected intracutaneously or applied locally to the denuded skin in 0.5% concentration. Burchell and Varco 3 noted that blebs produced in the human skin by the intracutaneous injection of either thymoxyethyldiethylamine or N′ethyl-N′-diethylaminoethylaniline were anesthetic only over