Allocaine redirects here. It should not be confused with Allococaine.Procaine is a local anesthetic drug of the amino ester group. It is used primarily to reduce the pain of intramuscular injection of penicillin and it is also used in dentistry. Owing to the ubiquity of the trade name Novocain in some regions procaine is referred to generically as novocaine. It acts mainly by being a sodium channel blocker.
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