Dyclonine

Dyclonine
Clinical data
Trade names Sucrets
AHFS/Drugs.com Monograph
Pregnancy
category
  • US: C (Risk not ruled out)
Routes of
administration		 Lozenge
ATC code N01BX02 (WHO) R02AD04 (WHO)
Legal status
Legal status
Identifiers
CAS Number 586-60-7 YesY
PubChem (CID) 3180
IUPHAR/BPS 7173
DrugBank DB00645 YesY
ChemSpider 3068 YesY
UNII 078A24Q30O YesY
KEGG D07881 YesY
ChEBI CHEBI:4724 YesY
ChEMBL CHEMBL1201217 N
Chemical and physical data
Formula C18H27NO2
Molar mass 289.413 g/mol
3D model (Jmol) Interactive image
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Dyclonine (Dyclocaine) is an oral anaesthetic that is the active ingredient of Sucrets, an over the counter throat lozenge.[1] It is also found in some varieties of the Cepacol sore throat spray. It is a local anesthetic, used topically as the hydrochloride salt.[2]

History

The product Sucrets was introduced in Baltimore, Maryland, by Sharp & Dohme in 1932.[3]

In 1966 the Federal Trade Commission ordered Merck and Company to discontinue the false claims of germ-killing and pain-relieving properties for its Sucrets and Children's Sucrets throat lozenges.[4] In 1977, it was acquired by Beecham, later merging with SmithKline Beckman in 1989 to form SmithKline Beecham. By 1994 the brand switched from a metal container to a plastic container.[3] SmithKline Beecham, after announcing a merger with GlaxoWellcome to form GlaxoSmithKline, sold the brand in 2000 to Insight Pharmaceuticals. In 2011, Sucrets reintroduced their product back into the familiar tin due to popular demand and nostalgia.

References

  1. ↑ Janice Jorgensen (1994). "Sucrets". Encyclopedia of Consumer Brands: Personal products. St. James Press. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  2. ↑ Gargiulo, A. V.; Burns, G. M.; Huck, C. P. (1992). "Dyclonine hydrochloride--a topical agent for managing pain". Illinois dental journal. 61 (4): 303–304. PMID 1286862.
  3. 1 2 "The Sucrets tin joins the age of plastics". USA Today. July 19, 1994. Retrieved 2011-09-24. Invented in Baltimore by Sharp & Dohme pharmaceutical in 1932, Sucrets have always been sold in the trademark metal box except for one 4 1/2-month period during the late 1960s when a tin shortage led to cardboard packaging, says [Frank Dzvonik].
  4. ↑ "F.T.C. Bids Merck Halt Claims That Lozenges Will Kill Germs". Associated Press in the New York Times. April 19, 1966. Retrieved 2011-09-24.



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