HLTH 353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Papaver Somniferum, Syringe, Cough Medicine
26 Oct 2018
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Drugs & society - hlth 353 - exam ii notes. Narcotic = currently referred to naturally occurring substances derived from. These drugs are referred to as opioid (or opiate) narcotics because of their opium poppy and their synthetic substitutes association with opium. Opium poppy fruit exude latex from a cut. Only used for coughs, diarrhea and pain in us. During civil war, hypodermic syringe used extensively to administer morphine to soldiers and many became addicted and became coined soldier"s disease or army disease . An important landmark for heroin use in us. Estimated that as many as 40% of us soldiers used heroin. 90% of world"s opium comes from afghanistan. Most common clinical use of opioid narcotics is as analgesics to relieve pain. Opioid narcotics relieve pain by activating endorphin receptors. Activation of opioid receptors block transmission of pain through spinal cord or brain stem. The principle side effects of opioid narcotics, besides their abuse potential include:
