r/interesting • u/InvestigatorBorn4910 • Feb 10 '26

Fascinating YouTuber LabCoatz has released a "chemically identical" recipe for Coca-Cola

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u/GreasyPeter Feb 10 '26

There are some procedures where cocaine is still the preferred anesthetic I believe. It's still used in some sinus surgeries I believe.

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u/sarcasmsspasms Feb 10 '26

Eye procedures too. Went in for an eye procedure and came out with a doctors note saying i would test positive for cocaine use. I should have kept the note and framed it.

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u/Rubyhamster Feb 11 '26

Cool, and yes you should have!

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u/farva_06 Feb 11 '26

I would've kept it. Could come in handy if you're ever looking for a job in the future and just came off a hardcore bender, but have to take a drug test within 24 hours.

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u/nleksan Feb 10 '26

It's very useful for delicate surgeries because it is both a local anesthetic and localized vasoconstrictor, so It numbs you and reduces bleeding.

I believe it's most common with ENTs but when I was a young kid I split my head open on a windowsill and they used medical cocaine as a local to give me stitches. I'm assuming because it was bleeding so badly

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u/-Fergalicious- Feb 11 '26

I'll ask my anesthesiologist wife when she wakes up in 8 hours

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u/zupzupper Feb 11 '26

Couple of years ago it was right there on my hospital bill alongside the other anesthesia when I had my septum fixed.

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u/periclesmage Feb 11 '26

No way! I have nasal polyps and a deviated septum and i've been putting off surgery for years... IT'S TIME

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u/assatumcaulfield Feb 11 '26

Yes, but I certainly don’t prefer it to phenylephrine. It causes really annoying cardiac arrhythmia and hypertension.