A to Z Addictive Substances

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Naltrexone

Naltrexone is an opioid antagonist drug and is generically known as Naltrexone hydrochloride. It is administered by injection under the name Vivitrol, or by mouth under the name Revia, to help prevent alcohol or drug abuse relapse. In terms of drug a...

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Nembutal

Nembutal, the brand name for the generic drug, Pentobarbital Sodium, is in a group of drugs called barbiturates. Barbiturates are nonselective central nervous system depressants. Nembutal is commonly used to slow the activity of the brain and nervous...

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Norco

Norco is an opioid analgesic narcotic drug containing both hydrocodone and acetaminophen. It acts on the central nervous system as an antitussive to suppress coughing, reduce fever and is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Norco can be both phy...

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All About Opana Abuse and Addiction

Opana, also known by the name oxymorphone, is one of the many kinds of medicines classified as an opioid painkiller. For more than 50 years, Opana has been used to help individuals who are suffering from pain and to treat conditions such as anxiety d...

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Opium

Opium is a natural narcotic that comes from the poppy plant (which is the source for a wide range of narcotics, including morphine and heroin). It usually looks like a black or brown block of tar, and popular street names for opium Dream Stick, God'...

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Oramorph

Oramorph, an opioid analgesic narcotic that contains morphine, is used in the treatment of moderate to severe chronic pain. Oramorph affects certain chemicals in the brain and central nervous system that are related to pain. The drug works by mimicki...

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Oxycontin

OxyContin is a narcotic drug used in the treatment of moderate to severe pain, and is the brand name of the analgesic drug oxycodone, a Schedule II morphine-like narcotic. Oxycodone is a derivative of opium and is often used along with non-narcotic a...

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Palladone

Palladone, sometimes known by its generic name hydromorphone hydrochloride, is an opioid painkiller. The drug comes in extended-release capsules and is used by opioid-tolerant adults with constant (around-the-clock) pain that is moderate to severe an...

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Panacet

Panacet is the brand name for an opioid pain reliever that contains two different medications, acetaminophen and hydrocodone. Hydrocodone is a narcotic pain reliever that is used for moderate to severe pain. Acetaminophen is also a pain reliever, tho...

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PCP

PCP, otherwise known as Phencyclidine, is a hallucinogenic drug that distorts consciousness and the perception of sight and sound. The drug accomplishes this by blocking signals from the brain to keep those signals from traveling to the conscious min...

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Pentobarbital

What is Pentobarbital? Pentobarbital is the generic name for Nembutal Sodium. It is a barbiturate that is used to treat anxiety, seizures and sleep disorders. Barbiturates are central nervous system depressants (CNS) that reduce sensory cortex activ...

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Percocet

Percocet is a synthetic opioid used to treat moderate to severe pain. It is the brand name for the combination of Oxycodone and acetaminophen. Oxycodone is a pain relieving narcotic and Acetaminophen is a moderate pain relieving analgesic. When combi...

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