VASOPROTECTIVES

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Benzocaine		For general use as a lubricant and topical anesthetic on esophagus, larynx, mouth, nasal cavity, rectum, respiratory tract or trachea, urinary tract, vagina. It is also used to suppress gag reflex.
Betamethasone		For relief of the inflammatory and pruritic manifestations of corticosteroid-responsive dermatoses
Dexamethasone		For use in the treatment of allergic, rheumatic, or inflammatory conditions
Ethanol		For therapeutic neurolysis of nerves or ganglia for the relief of intractable chronic pain in such conditions as inoperable cancer and trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux), in patients for whom neurosurgical procedures are contraindicated.
Heparin		For Anticoagulant therapy in prophylaxis and treatment of venous thrombosis and its extension, for prevention of post-operative deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism , Prevention of clotting in arterial and cardiac surgery.
Lidocaine		For use as Dermal anesthesia
Prednisolone		For the treatment of primary or secondary adrenocortical insufficiency, such as congenital adrenal hyperplasia, thyroiditis. Also used to treat psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, bursitis, acute gouty arthritis and epicondylitis. Also indicated for treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus, pemphigus and acute rhematic carditis. Can be used in the treatment of leukemias, lymphomas, thrombocytopenia purpura and autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Can be used to treat celiac disease, insulin resistance, ulcerative colitis and liver disorders.
Procaine		Used as a local anesthetic primarily in oral surgery
Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate		For the treatment of micturition frequency/polyuria