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This is the list of Schedule I controlled substances in the United States as defined by the Controlled Substances Act. [1] The following findings are required for substances to be placed in this schedule: [2] The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse. The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in ...
This is a list of psychiatric medications used by psychiatrists and other physicians to treat mental illness or distress. The list is ordered alphabetically according to the condition or conditions, then by the generic name of each medication. The list is not exhaustive and not all drugs are used regularly in all countries.
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Psychiatric medication. A psychiatric or psychotropic medication is a psychoactive drug taken to exert an effect on the chemical makeup of the brain and nervous system. Thus, these medications are used to treat mental illnesses. These medications are typically made of synthetic chemical compounds and are usually prescribed in psychiatric ...
184. The Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971 is a United Nations treaty designed to control psychoactive drugs such as amphetamine-type stimulants, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, and psychedelics signed in Vienna, Austria on 21 February 1971. The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 did not ban the many newly discovered ...
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 for substances to be placed in this schedule: The drug or other substance has a low potential for abuse relative to the drugs or other substances in schedule III.
Narcotic. Heroin, a powerful opioid and narcotic. The term narcotic ( / nɑːrˈkɒtɪk /, from ancient Greek ναρκῶ narkō, "I make numb") originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with numbing or paralyzing properties. [1] In the United States, it has since become associated with opiates and opioids, commonly morphine ...
A psychoactive drug, or psychoactive substance, among other names such as psychoactive agent, psychopharmaceutical, and psychotropic drug, is a chemical substance that changes the function of the nervous system and results in alterations of perception, mood, cognition, and behavior. [1]