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Mao Inhibitors Gastrointestinal Tract
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Anabolic Steroids Androgenic Steroids
1,895 wordsAll about Steroids Understanding steroid Steroids nature Steroids that are used by athletes are the artificial form of testosterone, a human hormone released by the body to stimulate and maintain the male sexual organs. Testosterone is called a male hormone since it is produced in men in large quantities compared to the quantity produced in women (Mishra, 1 - 2). Hormones that are produced by the testes and the adrenal gland in men and ovaries and adrenal gland in women contains certain kind of ...
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Central Nervous System Psychological Dependence
1,765 wordsDrug dependence is psychological and sometimes physical need to use a drug in order to experience psychological or physical effects. Psychological addiction is more difficult to treat than the physical one and often continues after the physical addiction has been dealt with. Each day there are a lot of new drug addicts, but also there are a lot of those who die because of using this evil, white pleasure. Drug addiction has several forms in expressing the dependency. Also there are a lot of diffe...
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Mao Inhibitors Gastrointestinal Tract
1,367 wordsDothiepin Vs. Fluoxetine (Mechanism Of Action And Dothiepin Vs. Fluoxetine (Mechanism Of Action And Pharmacodynamics) Comparison Between Mechanism of Action and Pharmacodynamics of Dothiepin and Fluoxetine Description of medicines Mechanism of action and pharmacodynamic's Dothiepin Dothiepin is a tricyclic antidepressant. It acts by promoting the effectiveness of several amines (dopamine, norepinephrine, and 5 -hydroxytryptamine, which is also known as 5 HT and serotonin). It functions by inhibi...
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Psychological Dependence Opium Poppy
2,700 wordsDrug and Alcohol Abuse Both Drug and Alcohol abuse seems to be a big problem in our world today, with the idea that some kind of substance is needed to have fun. Its mostly in the teenage and young adult years that drug abuse begins, and most older addicts started when they were young. In this paper i am going to go over a few will used drugs, their ingredients, uses, and effects. Alcohol Alcohol, the most wide abused drug, In todays world, alcohol is not often thought of as a drug largely becau...
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Ascending Reticular Activating Synaptic Ally Agonizes Lsd
4,684 wordsTable of Contents Introduction Table 1: Effects of LSD A Brief Foray Into Philosophy and the Cognitive Sciences The Suspects Figure 1: Structure of LSD Overview of Synaptic Transmission Theory: LSD Pre-synaptic ally Inhibits 5 -HT Neurons Theory: LSD Post-synaptic ally Antagonizes 5 -HT 2 Receptors Figure 2: LSD Binding at 5 -HT 2 Receptor Theory: LSD Post-synaptic ally Partially Agonizes 5 -HT 2 Receptors Theory: LSD Post-synaptic ally Agonizes 5 -HT 1 Receptors Conclusion References Introducti...
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Date Rape Drug Bodily Harm
1,332 wordsGamma Hydroxy Butyrate (GHB) Essay written by GHB, or Gamma-Hydroxy Butyric Acid is an intoxicating chemical with medical, recreational, and potentially entheogenic uses. It is a normal component of mammalian metabolism. It is naturally found in every cell in the human body and is most properly considered a nutrient. It is believed to be a neurotransmitter, although it is still unknown as to whether it exhibits all of the properties required to be considered one. GHB was first synthesized about ...
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Central Nervous System Withdrawal Symptoms
2,507 wordsGHB, or gamma-hydroxy butyrate, is a nutrient that is part of the metabolism process in mammalians. It can be found in every cell of the human body. The greatest quantities can be found in the kidney, heart, skeletal muscles, and brown fat tissues (Chin and Kreutzer, 1992). Chin and Kreutzer also believe it to be a neurotransmitter, however that has not yet been proven. GHB is known to be a metabolite and also a precursor of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid). GHB and...
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Smoked Marijuana Cannabinoid Receptors
9,824 wordsOver the Marijuana EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Over the past 18 months there has been wide-ranging public discussion on the potential medical uses of marijuana, particularly smoked marijuana. To contribute to the resolution of the debate, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) held a 2 -day scientific meeting on February 19 - 20, 1997, to review the scientific data concerning the potential therapeutic uses for marijuana and the need for and feasibility of additional research. Central to the current debat...
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