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These are drugs that are attended by risk and therefore unsafe, perilous, and hazardous to people using it.
dangerous drugs
- it simply means as the study of how a drug affects the body.
Pharmacology
Refers to a variety of substances that dulled the senses and relieved pain.
Stupor
- The term “narcotic” comes from the Greek word “
narkotikos
- These are drugs relieve pain and produce profound sleep or stupor.
Narcotics
It is extracted from the coagulated juice poppy plant (Papaver Sumniferum Linne).
Opium
is the active ingredient and analgesic property of Opium.
Meconic Acid
Slang names of opium
Slang names:”Gum’”,”Gamot”, “Kalamay, “Panocha”
It is a white crystalline powder, light porous aubes or small white tablets.
Morphine
It is effective as a painkiler six times potent or stronger than opium, with a high dependence- producing potential
Morphine
Morphine discovered by?
Friedrich Serturner
Morphine slang names
Slang names: ‘”, Dreamer, “Pectoral,”Syup”, “AAA,”1A”, “999”
The most addicting opium derivative.
Heroin
It chemically known as Diacetylmorphine or Diamorphine.
Heroin
Heroin discovered by
Alder Wright
Heroin slang name
Slang names:”Snow”, “Stuff”, “Junk tooth”,”H”“Miracle drug
A derivative of morphine commonly available in cough preparations.
Codeine
Codeine discovered by?
Pierre robiquet
A morphine-like opioid and it is a brand name of meperidine. As a powerful painkilier, an addiction to the drug can develop quidkly.
Demerol
It is an opioid agonist of the morphine-type.
Percodan
It is a mu-opioid agonist, it may be subject to misuse, abuse, and addiction.
Darvin
Camphorated tincture of opium. It is a moture of opium, camphor, benzoic acid, and anise oil in alcohol.
Paregoric
It is a tindure of opiurn containing approximately 10% powdered opium.
Laudanum
Synthetic opioid that is similar to morphine but is 50-100 times more potent
Fentanyl