Medicinal cocaine has always been a thing, but now there\u2019s an FDA-approved nasal spray aptly made with totally legal, pharmaceutical-grade white. <\/p>\n
On Monday, the pharmaceutical outfit Lannett Company announced that its new cocaine hydrochloride nasal spray product, dubbed Numbrino, cleared two <\/em>Phase III, randomized, double-blind clinical trials.<\/p>\n “The FDA’s approval of our cocaine HCl product, the first NDA approval to include full clinical trials in the company’s history, marks a major milestone in Lannett’s 70+ years of operations,” said Tim Crew, Lannett Company\u2019s CEO, in a press release<\/u><\/a>. “We believe the product has the potential to be an excellent option for the labeled indication. We expect to launch the product shortly\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n While Lannett\u2019s nasal spray may be new, cocaine\u2019s use in modern medicine is not. Unlike weed, which is considered a Schedule I drug in the US \u2014 meaning it has no accepted medical use \u2014 cocaine is a Schedule II drug, meaning it has some accepted medical use. Although cocaine\u2019s medicinal use is not as widespread as it was at the turn of the 20th century<\/u><\/a>, it has been, in rare occasions, administered as a topical analgesic for minor surgeries. <\/p>\n