Cdex, Inc. (fka CDEX)

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My intensive research has found another place where a combination of cdex's groundbreaking and innovative meth gun + valimed technology might be useful.

If the meth gun can detect the problem (from a safe 3 meters) and valimed validate it, the Veteran's Health Administration might permit the use of benzocaine sprays to be resumed.

capnmikel: Will you research this further, provide statistics on how many hosiptals use benzocaine sprays and what therefore the potential market is for both cdex products, and report back? You might want to provide Baxa with your findings, as well, so they can more finely hone their marketing efforts, and also the FDA, so that august body can decide its next course of action.

http://www.fda.gov/CDER/drug/advisory/benzocaine.htm

"Benzocaine sprays are used in medical practice for locally numbing mucous membranes of the mouth and throat for minor surgical procedures or when a tube must be inserted into the stomach or airways. Their use is known to be occasionally associated with methemoglobinemia. However, cases of methemoglobinemia have also resulted from medication errors due to incorrect use of benzocaine sprays (e.g., longer duration or more frequent sprays than recommended.). On February 8, 2006, the Veterans Health Administration (VA) announced the decision to stop using benzocaine sprays for these purposes. The FDA is aware of the reported adverse events and is reviewing all available safety data, but at this time is not planning action to remove the drugs from the market. Up until now, the FDA has concluded that the number of reported adverse events with these sprays has been low and, when properly used, these products can help make important procedures less uncomfortable for patients. This advisory applies only to benzocaine sprays used in the mouth and throat, not to other benzocaine products or to benzocaine sprays applied to exterior skin."