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Skin numbing creams may prove life threatening: FDA
Dec 18 2008, Anupam Agnihotri

Skin numbing creams that are often used to soothe burning or itching skin as well as pain before, during and after various procedures, contain numbing drugs, including, lidocaine, tetracaine, benzocaine and prilocaine, may result in life-threatening...

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