CCJS 352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Local Anesthesia, Escitalopram, Sigmund Freud
17 Dec 2015
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#1, 2, & 14 are all generic hydrocodone"s. All 20 of the most profitable pharmaceuticals are brand-name products. Many different derivatives, classified according to their speed of produce unconsciousness and anesthesia: ultra-shot acting (includes pentothal truth serum , short and intermediate-acting sedation and sleep aids, long-acting anti anxiety and anti-epileptic drugs. Methaqualone another sedative with effects similar to the barbiturates. Once commonly prescribed, now classified as schedule 1! Originally regarded as safe and nonaddicting, now considered a drug capable of producing extreme mental clouding, discoordination. Benzodiazepines valium, xanax, ativan: introduced in 1963 by hoffman-la roche. Valium was earliest and most successful, very widely prescribed: small to moderate doses calming agents that combat, large doses- sedative-hypnotic that produces drowsiness anxiety and tension. World of medicine, the word depression carries two entirely different meanings: a mood of despair and gloominess. Chapter 9: a mechanism of reducing the body"s organic functioning.
