Lidocaine
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📝 Description
A common numbing medicine often used by dentists and for various numbing purposes across the body. Research suggests that when injected around localized breast tumors before surgery, it can significantly reduce mortality at 5 years, despite being an inexpensive and widely available generic drug.
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Lidocaine
numbing medicine
local anesthetic
breast cancer
🤖 Why This Product Was Mentioned
"Dr. Fagenbomb introduced Lidocaine as a fascinating example of a widely available and inexpensive drug with a significant, yet underutilized, benefit. He explained how a large trial showed a substantial reduction in breast cancer mortality when Lidocaine was injected before surgery, highlighting the system's failure to adopt such findings."
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