This is another name for
lidocaine. It looks like
alex.tan is
British, based on his/her spelling, so perhaps that is why the different name.
Almost every time you visit your
dentist and receive a
local anestheitc injection, it is lidocaine with
epinephrine.
Novocaine is actually a brand name, the actual anesthetic agent being
carbocaine, and it is seldom used today.