Talk:Cinchocaine

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Merger proposal

The two articles are about the same drug, so lets merge the two.--Stone (talk) 21:54, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Cinchocaine article is about the molecular nature of the drug. Dibucane number is about a test to determine the activity of the butyrylcholinesterase enzyme. The enzyme is inhibited by cinchocaine, but that is really all there is to relate the two subjects. I would leave the two topics unmerged. Besides, the dibucane number is known by name as such, whereas cinchocaine is the trade name for dibucaine ethyl aminobenzoate and we should probably avoid the trade name of a drug due to variations in marketing and manufacturing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wmcdade (talk • contribs) 15:32, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Wmcdade. The dibucaine number, which is known as such, has nothing to do with cinchocaine other than it is the substrate used for the test. Discussion tag removed. --Pierre.laloë (talk) 14:45, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with not merging. Removed the merger template again, since no new arguments seem to support the merge. Dibucaine number might need work, though, to clarify it's not about the drug. --ἀνυπόδητος (talk) 19:29, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]