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Drugs

Terms in relation to substances, other than food, that have medicinal, intoxicating, performance enhancing, or other effects when put into the body of a human or animal.

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Anti-depressant

Pharmaceutical; Drugs

An antidepressant is a psychiatric medication used to alleviate mood disorders, such as major depression and dysthymia and anxiety disorders such as social anxiety disorder.

Monotherapy

Pharmaceutical; Drugs

Monotherapy is any therapy which is taken by itself.

Mood stabiliser

Pharmaceutical; Drugs

A mood stabiliser is a psychiatric medication used to treat mood disorders characterised by intense and sustained mood shifts, typically bipolar disorder.

Anti-anxiety drug

Pharmaceutical; Drugs

A drug used for the treatment of symptoms of anxiety. Anxiolytics have been shown to be useful in the treatment of anxiety disorders.

Cyamemazine

Pharmaceutical; Drugs

Cyamemazine (Tercian), also known as cyamepromazine, is a typical antipsychotic drug of the phenothiazine class which was introduced by Theraplix in France in 1972 and later in Portugal as ...

Ferrous gluconate

Pharmaceutical; Drugs

A yellowish grey or pale greenish yellow powder or granules C 12 H 22 FeO 14 used as a hematinic in the treatment of iron-deficiency anaemia [Dictionary.com, Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary]

trip report

Pharmaceutical; Drugs

A recount of a person's experiences while on a drug or combination of drugs. These reports are shared around the recreational drug user communities mainly online and serve as a point of research for ...

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