Ethyl Hydroxide

Ethyl Hydroxide Brand names, Ethyl Hydroxide Analogs

Ethyl Hydroxide Brand Names Mixture

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Ethyl Hydroxide Chemical_Formula

C₂H₆O

Ethyl Hydroxide RX_link

http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic2/dhydalco.htm

Ethyl Hydroxide fda sheet

Ethyl Hydroxide msds (material safety sheet)

Ethyl_Hydroxide MSDS

Ethyl Hydroxide Synthesis Reference

No information avaliable

Ethyl Hydroxide Molecular Weight

46.0684 g/mol

Ethyl Hydroxide Melting Point

-114.1 ^oC

Ethyl Hydroxide H₂O Solubility

Miscible in water

Ethyl Hydroxide State

Liquid

Ethyl Hydroxide LogP

0.017

Ethyl Hydroxide Dosage Forms

Liquid

Ethyl Hydroxide Indication

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.

Ethyl Hydroxide Pharmacology

Alcohol produces injury to cells by dehydration and precipitation of the cytoplasm or protoplasm. This accounts for its bacteriocidal and antifungal action. When alcohol is injected in close proximity to nerve tissues, it produces neuritis and nerve degeneration (neurolysis). Ninety to 98% of ethanol that enters the body is completely oxidized. Ethanol is also used as a cosolvent to dissolve many insoluble drugs and to serve as a mild sedative in some medicinal formulations.

Ethyl Hydroxide Absorption

Rapidly absorbed.

Ethyl Hydroxide side effects and Toxicity

Oral, rat LD₅₀: 5628 mg/kg. Symptoms and effects of overdose include nausea, vomiting, CNS depression, acute respiratory failure or death and with chronic use, severe health problems, such as liver and brain damage.

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