A Cocaine Nasal Spray Just Received FDA ApprovalThe new spray, called Numbrino, works as a local anesthetic for surgeries in the nose cavities. And it’s only for adults.
Medicinal cocaine has always been a thing, but now there’s an FDA-approved nasal spray aptly made with totally legal, pharmaceutical-grade white.
On Monday, the pharmaceutical outfit Lannett Company announced that its new cocaine hydrochloride nasal spray product, dubbed Numbrino, cleared two Phase III, randomized, double-blind clinical trials.
"The FDA's approval of our cocaine HCl product, the first NDA approval to include full clinical trials in the company's history, marks a major milestone in Lannett's 70+ years of operations," said Tim Crew, Lannett Company’s CEO, in a press release. "We believe the product has the potential to be an excellent option for the labeled indication. We expect to launch the product shortly…”
While Lannett’s nasal spray may be new, cocaine’s use in modern medicine is not. Unlike weed, which is considered a Schedule I drug in the US — meaning it has no accepted medical use — cocaine is a Schedule II drug, meaning it has some accepted medical use. Although cocaine’s medicinal use is not as widespread as it was at the turn of the 20th century, it has been, in rare occasions, administered as a topical analgesic for minor surgeries.
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