Editing Local anesthetic (section)

==Classification==
LAs are of 2 types:
*Clinical LAs:
**[[amino amide]] LAs 
**[[amino ester]] LAs
*Synthetic LAs
**[[Cocaine]] derivatives

Synthetic cocaine-derived LAs differ from cocaine because they have a much lower [[abuse potential]] and do not cause [[hypertension]] [[vasoconstriction]] (with few exceptions).

The suffix "-caine" at the ends of these medication names is derived from the word "[[cocaine]]", because cocaine was formerly used as a local anesthetic.