Actually, it is still used as an anesthetic for certain nasal surgeries today. I don’t believe it has ever been used to treat sinus infections. In fact, it has been known to increase the frequency of them.
During the 1930’s and 40’s it was very common to swab an infected sinus cavity with cocaine to reduce swelling, thus relieving sinus pressure. In fact, it is actually very likely that FDR was under the influence of cocaine when he declared war on Japan, as he came down with a sinus infection the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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13 years ago at 12:41 pmFuck Illinois.
13 years ago at 12:43 pmWatch your mouth gay boy.
13 years ago at 1:06 pmDrug Addiction is in no way FaF
13 years ago at 12:49 pmActually through out the first half of the 20th century cocaine was a common treatment for sinus ailments.
13 years ago at 1:08 pm^this
13 years ago at 1:34 pmActually, it is still used as an anesthetic for certain nasal surgeries today. I don’t believe it has ever been used to treat sinus infections. In fact, it has been known to increase the frequency of them.
13 years ago at 4:30 pmDuring the 1930’s and 40’s it was very common to swab an infected sinus cavity with cocaine to reduce swelling, thus relieving sinus pressure. In fact, it is actually very likely that FDR was under the influence of cocaine when he declared war on Japan, as he came down with a sinus infection the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
http://books.google.com/books?id=f9f61xq27dcC&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=FDR+sinus+infection+cocaine&source=bl&ots=OqUt8luR_S&sig=tr4WRPIIk1UoyvxfKoFn34zSdxs&hl=en#v=onepage&q=FDR%20sinus%20infection%20cocaine&f=false
13 years ago at 7:13 pmTke? and pledge? You sound like a wannabe
13 years ago at 1:54 pmDude drugs are so cool
13 years ago at 3:54 pmFirst of all, fuck TKE, second of all, why would his mother have a prescription for adderall?
13 years ago at 9:36 pm