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Depressants, also
known as
central nervous system depressants, or
colloquially known as "downers", are
drugs that
lower neurotransmission levels, decrease...
- if
undergoing psychological therapy at the same time as
taking anti-
depressants enhances the anti-depressive
effect of the medication.
Lithium has been...
- 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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potentially life-threatening. Many
different central nervous system (CNS)
depressant drugs such as ethanol, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, GHB, sedatives,...
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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...
- 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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Barbiturates are a
class of
depressant drugs that are
chemically derived from
barbituric acid. They are
effective when used
medically as anxiolytics, hypnotics...
- 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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characteristic wine-like odor and
pungent taste. As a
psychoactive depressant, it is the
active ingredient in
alcoholic beverages, and the
second most...
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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...
