AICD stands for. 1  20. similar. AICD. 2  11. AICD. Automatic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator. 3  7. AICD. Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators. 4  7. AICD. Automatic Cardioverter Defibrillator. 5  5. AICD. Automatic implanted cardiac defibrillator. 6  4. AICD. Automatic Internal Cardiac Defibrillator. 7  4. AICD.
Benzocaine is the ethyl ester of p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA). It can be prepared from PABA and ethanol by Fischer esterification or via the reduction of ethyl p-nitrobenzoate. Benzocaine is sparingly soluble in water; it is more soluble in dilute acids and very soluble in ethanol, chloroform and ethyl ether. The melting point of benzocaine is 88â90 Â°C, and the boiling point is about 310 Â°C. The density of benzocaine is 1.17 g/cm 3.
Best Answer: Benzonatate is a medication taken orally to suppress coughs. It has an anesthetic (numbing) action similar to that of benzocaine and numbs the stretch sensors in the lungs. It is the stretching of these sensors with breathing that causes the cough. Benzonatate begins to work within 15 to 20 minutes, and its effects last for approximately 3 hours. Benzonatate is unrelated to narcotics such as codeine which are frequently used to suppress coughs. (Another frequently used cough suppressant, dextromethorphan, which is found in many over-the-counter cough and cold preparations, is a derivative of the narcotics.) Benzonatate was approved by the FDA in 1958.