Chemistry
Many drugs have some local anaesthetic effect but the useful drugs all have an aromatic (lipophilic) end joined to a basic amine (hydrophilic) end by either an ester or, more commonly, an amide group. These different links are important in metabolism as this is where the molecule is split to inactivate it.
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