Novocaine

Novocaine is a type of painkiller in Pathologic. Ingesting it drastically increases the player's fatigue, meaning it is most effective if the player intends to sleep after ingesting it. Doing so will greatly increase health-regeneration during sleep.

Upon immediate ingestion, health increases by 10 and exhaustion increases by 10. Each hour of sleep increases health by 13 points and exhaustion decreases by 25.

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"Has an equal analgesic and sedative effect (10s, -10e). Provides excellent restoration of strength when sleeping (8e/ph, 13s/ph). A good local anesthetic. The effect lasts for 9 hours."