A drug that causes the depression of the central nervous system.
An herb or substance that will relieve pain and induce sleep when used in medicinal doses, but which can produce stupor, convulsions, unconsciousness, coma, or death if the dosage is too large, and addiction if the dosage is repeated too often. (Syn: Analgesic, Anesthetic, Anodyne, Sedative, Soporific)
Herbs with narcotic agents can be used to soothe intractable pain or to induce anesthesia. Herbs with these agents should be used carefully. They include bugleweed, guarana and wild lettuce. Herbs that can be used to counteract narcotic effects include alfalfa (for addiction) and marjoram and mustard (for poisoning)
an addictive substance that blunts the senses; can cause confusion, stupor, coma, and death with increased dosages
Analgesic or pain-killing substance that depresses vital body functions such as blood pressure, pulse rate, and breathing rate.
Medicines which produce a state of insensibility or stupor, and which alter the perception of pain.
a drug that in moderate doses depresses the central nervous system, thus relieving pain.
an addictive pain-relieving, mood-altering substance such as morphine.
Pain relieving drug related in action and structure to the opiates.
Usually refers to opioids--pain-relieving drugs that are derivatives of opium.
Strong habit-forming drug that stops pain and depresses the central nervous system
An addictive drug that dulls the senses and induces sleep. Opiates are the most common narcotics.
a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction
of or relating to or designating narcotics; "narcotic addicts"; "narcotic stupor"
inducing stupor or narcosis; "narcotic drugs"
inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech"
a drug derived from opium or opium-like compounds, such as codeine
a drug that puts you to sleep, that causes drowsiness
a drug which suppresses the central nervous system and relieves pain
a sleep inducing and analgesic drug
a type of drug that makes you fall asleep, feel very sleepy or make you unconcious
a term with very unclear meaning. It may mean: opiate every substance, towards which a person can develop tolerance every psychoactive substance, banned by law every psychoactive substance, taken in with the mere purpose, the used to experience its influence
literally "sleep/stupor-inducing agent". Term usually applied indiscriminately to describe any exogenous compound with a "sedating" profile. Use of the term with reference to the opioids is not recommended, due to its ambiguity, and arguably negative connotation.
a drug with addiction potential that reduces pain, alters mood and behaviors, and usually induces sleep; opioid analgesics are among the most common types of narcotics
An agent that produces insensibility or stupor.
Produces stupor or unconsciousness
A substance that has the potential to affect the nervous system by, for example, inducing drowsiness, stupor or insensibility
A drug that has both a sedative and a pain-relieving effect. Opiate drugs are narcotics.
This term refers to a substance that induces sleep; intoxicating or poisonous in large doses.
A substance that induces insensibility or stupor. In pharmacology narcotics usually refer to drugs dervied from synthetic or natural opiates that relieve the perception of pain, induce eurphoria or sleep or reduce mental ability.
Any psychoactive compound that is dangerously addictive; a compound that induces central nervous system depression resulting in numbness, lethargy, and/orsleep.
A natural or synthetic drug that has properties similar to opium or opium derivatives.
strong pain reliever, prescribed by a physician, to help reduce pain associated with arthritis.
A drug that relieves pain and makes you sleepy.
A drug that dulls the senses, relieves pain, and induces profound sleep.
A substance that is addictive, cause a sense of euphoria, induce sleep or dull the senses, usually an opiate.
Substance which can induce stupor or artificial sleep. Usually restricted to designate opiates. Sometimes used incorrectly to refer to all drugs capable of inducing dependence.
An agent that relieves pain through depression of the central nervous system.
Natural or synthetic analogs of morphine that have strong pain-relieving effects. Often highly addictive. Narcotics also are associated with significant changes in mood and behavior.
Causes Stupor and Numbness.
A legal term that refers to all those substances covered by the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, and the 1972 Protocol amending that Convention, including opiates, opioids as well as cocaine and marijuana. Opiate: A substance that is produced from the poppy plant, such as codeine and morphine.
referring to herbs which induce drowsiness such as Valerian.
Depresses the central nervous system, reduces pain and causes drowsiness and euphoria. Narcotics are addicting substances.
Drug that, in moderate doses, allays sensibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep, if misused or taken in large doses, is poisonous to the system
A drug that causes insensibility or stupor. A narcotic induces narcosis, from the Greek "narke" for "numbness or torpor." A drug such as marijuana which is subject to regulatory restrictions comparable to those for addictive narcotics.
An agent that causes insensibility or stupor; usually refers to opioids given to relieve pain.
a drug which has a numbing or deadening effect.
any agent that produces insensibility to pain.
induces drowsiness, sleep, or stupor and lessons pain
class of drugs derived from the opium plant - or created synthetically for the same effect; used as pain-killers
Affects nervous system and nerve function due to its ability to depress the central nervous system, relieve pain and produce sleep in moderate doses. In large doses, it produces unconsciousness, stupor, coma and possibly death. Most narcotics are habit forming. In low doses it may soothe, relieve and calm. to top of page
Agent that depresses brain functions ea. organic solvents.
a pain-relieving medication. A narcotic often used during labor is meperidine (Demerol). Narcotics act on the central nervous system to relieve pain.
An addicting substance that reduces pain and produces sleep.
A substance that is used medically to dull pain and/or induce sleep.
any drug, synthetic or naturally occurring, with effects similar to those of opium and opium derivatives.
drug that eases pain and alters the mind
A powerful and addicting drug that makes you sleepy, slows you down, and relieves pain.
a drug that relieves pain but also produces sleep or stupor.