Anesthetic chewing gum

A method of making an anesthetic chewing gum, the steps consisting of:

• forming a plurality of separate lidocaine-HCL mixture portions by separately mixing an amount of lidocaine HCL with an amount of a secondary chewing gum ingredient, the secondary chewing gum ingredient being selected from the group consisting of a sweetener, an anti-adherent, a lubricant, an opacifier, a glidant, and a flavor enhancer;
• forming a plurality of separate prilocaine HCL mixture portions by separately mixing an amount of prilocaine HCL with an amount of one of the secondary chewing gum ingredients;
• mixing together each lidocaine HCL mixture portion and prilocaine HCL mixture portion having a same secondary chewing gum ingredient to form a plurality of lidocaine HCL/prilocaine HCL mixture portions;
• mixing the plurality of lidocaine HCL/prilocaine HCL mixture portions together to form a homogenized lidocaine HCL-prilocaine HCL mixture;
• combining the homogenized lidocaine HCL-prilocaine HCL mixture with a gum base to form a homogenized lidocaine HCL-prilocaine HCL gum base mixture;
• adding a flavoring agent to the homogenized lidocaine HCL-prilocaine HCL gum base mixture to form granules;
• drying the granules at room temperature;
• mixing the granules to form a final granule blend;
• and
• compressing the final granule blend into a plurality of chewing gum tablets, wherein each chewing gum tablet contains 2 mg of each of lidocaine HCL and prilocaine HCL.