It is used as an adjuvant, adulterant, and diluent to street drugs such as cocaine and heroin. It is one of the three common ingredients in site enhancement oil used by bodybuilders. Adulterant in cocaine
Lidocaine is often added to cocaine as a diluent. Cocaine and lidocaine both numb the gums when applied. This gives the user the impression of high-quality cocaine, when in actuality the user is receiving a diluted product. Compendial status
Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15
United States Pharmacopeia 31

Veterinary use
It is a component of the veterinary drug Tributame along with embutramide and chloroquine used to carry out euthanasia on horses and dogs. See also
Dimethocaine (has some DRI activity)
Lidocaine/prilocaine
Procaine
Mexiletine

References
External links
"Lidocaine". Drug Information Portal. U.S. National Library of Medicine. "Lidocaine Transdermal Patch". MedlinePlus. US patent 2441498, Nils Magnus Loefgren & Bengt Josef Lundqvist, "Alkyl glycinanilides", published 1948-05-11, issued 1948-05-11,  assigned to ASTRA APOTEKARNES KEM FAB
Osteochondropathy refers to a disease ("-pathy") of the bone and cartilage. However, it is more common to refer to these conditions as one of the following:

chondropathy (disease of the cartilage)
A bone disease is also called an "osteopathy", but because the term osteopathy is often used to describe a healthcare approach, use of the term can cause some confusion. See also
Osteochondrosis
Osteochondritis

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