Highly flammable topical anesthetic used in the treatment of skin irritations and in minor skin surgery. Adverse effects include pain and muscle spasm.
A flammable, colourless liquid that is extremely volatile, and rapidly produces freezing of a surface when sprayed upon it. Now occasionally used to deaden pain for small and short operations, ethyl chloride was once used as an inhalant general anaesthetic for brief operations, and to induce anaesthesia in patients in whom the anaesthesia is subsequently to be maintained by some other anaesthetic.
Ethyl chloride is a clear liquid employed as an analgesic drug (painkiller). It is applied to the skin as a spray to numb specific areas before minor surgery or to alleviate muscle pain. Additionally, this substance is utilized in the treatment of larva migrans, a condition caused by a hookworm infestation.