Word Finder - depressants

definition

A pharmacological substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity.

example

Alcohol acts first as a stimulant and then as a depressant.

definition

An agent that inhibits the flotation of a mineral or minerals.

It used to be stated that these drugs are marked cardiac depressants; and the heart being invariably implicated in rheumatic fever, it is supposed that these drugs must be given with great caution.

It has now been established that, provided the kidneys be healthy, natural salicylic acid, sodium salicylate prepared from the natural acid, and salicin, are not cardiac depressants.

All potassium salts if taken in large doses are cardiac depressants, they also depress the nervous system, especially the brain and spinal cord.

Some of them affect only certain portions of the nervous system, others have a much wider range of action; they may act in either case as stimulants or as depressants, and hence the symptoms produced by them vary very greatly.

We have had three Ragdolls recently who are being prescribed anti depressants!

Eventually I went to my GP, I was given anti depressants again.

I do sometimes need anti depressants if life is extra stressfull.

What sort of sick Country dishes out anti depressants to its own children?

Special note should be made of central nervous system depressants.

Sedation due to the drug may be increased by the concomitant use of other central nervous system depressants.

All of these agents are myocardial depressants and should be administered cautiously in patients with heart disease.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reports that approximately 2.1 million teens have used prescription drugs such as pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants and depressants in 2006.

These drugs, as identified by the NIDA, are opioids, central nervous system depressants (CNS), and stimulants.

For example, an addiction to depressants or stimulants may increase feelings of depression, while an addiction to marijuana may cause decreased coordination or difficulty concentrating.

Early reports suggested a heart attack or an overdose of anti depressants, but these suggestions proved to be untrue.

Baclofen should not be taken with central nervous system depressants or alcohol.

Narcotics are central nervous system depressants that produce a stuporous state in the person who takes them.

This latter term is also used for drugs which act as general depressants.

She slept badly and constantly felt tense, developing post traumatic stress disorder for which she took anti depressants.

Over half of my client base have used anti depressants to no effect.