Topical benzocaine is primarily used to relieve pain and itching of the skin from small cuts, scrapes, burns, or bug bites. It can also be used to help prevent premature ejaculation. It works by ...

The US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to consumers Wednesday to stop using over-the-counter teething products that contain benzocaine. It also sent letters to manufacturers asking ...

The Food and Drug Administration said that various gels and creams containing the drug benzocaine can cause rare but deadly side effects in children, especially those 2 years and younger.

In fact, Wednesday morning the FDA issued a warning against over-the-counter teething products containing benzocaine, saying they pose a "serious risk to infants and children" and lack benefit ...

(WJAR) — Medical professionals have a warning to parents giving their children products containing benzocaine, an ingredient used in some popular pain killers. "Benzocaine does carry a special risk.

Instead, she had used an over-the-counter numbing medication, which contained benzocaine, to help with pain from a toothache. She told Warren that she didn’t use the whole bottle, but it was ...

For this one, check your medicine cabinet. Insight Pharmaceuticals is voluntarily recalling one lot of Americaine 20% Benzocaine Topical Anesthetic Spray due to the presence of benzene.

Insight Pharmaceuticals, a Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. company (“Insight”), is voluntarily recalling one lot of Americaine® 20% Benzocaine Topical Anesthetic Spray to the consumer level.