In Brief: Benzocaine
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Benzocaine: Antipruritic ingredient in Combe's Lanacane preferred two-to-one over hydrocortisone in an efficacy study sponsored by the company. Published in the November edition of the Journal of Skin Pharmacology, the study showed that among the "more than 100 subjects," applications of benzocaine produced itch relief that was preferred two-to-one after one minute and three-to-one after 30 minutes...