• Depressants, colloquially known as "downers" or central nervous system (CNS) depressants, are drugs that lower neurotransmission levels, decrease the electrical...
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    if undergoing psychological therapy at the same time as taking anti-depressants enhances the anti-depressive effect of the medication. Lithium has been...
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  • potentially life-threatening. Many different central nervous system (CNS) depressant drugs such as ethanol, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, GHB, sedatives,...
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  • Pour point depressants are used to allow the use of petroleum based mineral oils at lower temperatures. The lowest temperature at which a fuel or oil...
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  • that released an album on Roadrunner Records in 2001. Downers, slang for depressant drugs Downer Group, an Australian company Downer Rail, an Australian railroad...
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  • Myocardial depressant factor (MDF) or Myocardial Toxic factor (MTF) is a low-molecular-weight peptide released from the pancreas into the blood in mammals...
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    the response to alcohol and the effects of barbiturates and other CNS depressants. Side effects may also be enhanced by other drugs that have antimuscarinic...
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    Freezing-point depression is a drop in the maximum temperature at which a substance freezes, caused when a smaller amount of another, non-volatile substance...
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    Barbiturates are a class of depressant drugs that are chemically derived from barbituric acid. They are effective when used medically as anxiolytics, hypnotics...
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    other central nervous system depressants. Alcohol should be avoided, particularly as it can upset the stomach. The CNS-depressant effects of tizanidine and...
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  • caused by combining two or more depressant drugs, although overdose is also possible by consuming a large dose of one depressant drug. Central nervous system...
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    used as a recreational drug. GHB acts as a central nervous system (CNS) depressant with effects similar to those of barbiturates. GBL has been found in extracts...
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    the brand name Anvifen among others, is a central nervous system (CNS) depressant with anxiolytic effects, and is used to treat anxiety, insomnia, and for...
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    Benzodiazepines (BZD, BDZ, BZs), colloquially known as "benzos", are a class of depressant drugs whose core chemical structure is the fusion of a benzene ring and...
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    powerball, or over and under is the polydrug mixture of a stimulant with a depressant, usually an opioid. The most well-known mixture used for recreational...
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  • cardiovascular effects) Topiramate The following are listed as appetite depressants by MeSH, an index of medical journal articles and books. Benfluorex (removed...
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    4-hydroxybutanoic acid, is a naturally occurring neurotransmitter and a depressant drug. It is a precursor to GABA, glutamate, and glycine in certain brain...
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    Depressants Barbiturates Benzodiazepines Carbamates Ethanol (alcohol) Alcoholic beverage Beer Wine Gabapentinoids GHB Inhalants Medical Nitrous oxide...
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    orthosteric agonist for the GABAA receptor and displays sedative-hypnotic, depressant and hallucinogenic psychoactivity. This colorless or white solid is classified...
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  • This is the list of Schedule III controlled substances in the United States as defined by the Controlled Substances Act at 21 U.S.C. § 812(c) and 21 CFR...
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    species known to produce alcoholic drinks intentionally. Alcohol is a depressant, which in low doses causes euphoria, reduces anxiety, and increases sociability...
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    profile similar to other central nervous system (CNS) depressants. Even though pregabalin is a depressant and anticonvulsant, it can sometimes paradoxically...
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    alcohol or carbonic acid, without anything being added. As a psychoactive depressant, it is the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages, and the second most...
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  • their selectivity for vascular calcium channels. By having both cardiac depressant and vasodilator actions, benzothiazepines are able to reduce arterial...
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  • Andrea Pia Yates (née Kennedy; born July 3, 1964) is an American woman from Houston, Texas, who confessed to drowning her five children in their bathtub...
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  • examiner determined that he had killed himself by overdosing on an anti-depressant. Although Hausner was convicted of murdering six people, he is suspected...
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  • isomers 2125 depressant Amobarbital 2550 depressant Glutethimide 2270 depressant Pentobarbital 7471 depressant Phencyclidine 2315 depressant Secobarbital...
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    stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogenic effect on the central nervous system that is substantially similar to or greater than the stimulant, depressant, or...
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  • This is the list of Schedule IV controlled substances in the United States as defined by the Controlled Substances Act. The following findings are required...
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  • a data encoding Multilateral trading facility, an EU term Myocardial depressant factor Mobile Task Force, of the SCP Foundation All pages with titles...
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