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The drug or other substance has a potential for abuse less than the drugs or other substances in schedules I and II. The drug or other substance has a currently [1] accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence.
Causes of this damage are associated with iodine, phosphorus and other toxic substances that are present after synthesis. Desomorphine producers would use cheap, readily available but relatively toxic and impure solvents such as battery acid , gasoline or paint thinner during the reaction scheme, without adequately removing them afterwards ...
[8] [2] (Diphenoxlate by itself is a Schedule II controlled substance.) It is on Schedule III of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs , only in forms that contain, according to the Yellow List: "not more than 2.5 milligrams of diphenoxylate calculated as base and a quantity of atropine sulfate equivalent to at least 1 per cent of the dose of ...
[3] Amobarbital: 1980 Norway Risk of barbiturate toxicity. [3] Amoproxan: 1970 France Dermatologic and ophthalmic toxicity. [3] Anagestone acetate: 1969 Germany Animal carcinogenicity. [3] Antrafenine: 1984 France Unspecific experimental toxicity. [3] Aprotinin (Trasylol) 2008 US Increased risk of death. [2] Ardeparin (Normiflo) 2001 US
Hydrocodone plus homatropine (Hycodan) in the form of small tablets for coughing and especially neuropathic moderate pain (the homatropine, an anticholinergic, is useful in both of those cases and is a deterrent to intentional overdose) was more widely used than Dicodid and was labelled as a cough medicine in the United States whilst Vicodin ...
Legally speaking, the term "narcotic" may be imprecisely defined and typically has negative connotations. [2] [3] When used in a legal context in the U.S., a narcotic drug is totally prohibited, such as heroin, or one that is used in violation of legal regulation (in this word sense, equal to any controlled substance or illicit drug).
It is very rare for a victim of an overdose to have consumed just one drug. Most overdoses occur when drugs are ingested in combination with alcohol. [32] Drug overdose was the leading cause of injury death in 2013. Among people 25 to 64 years old, drug overdose caused more deaths than motor vehicle traffic crashes.
[1] [58] Clinical studies have found that pseudoephedrine is about 3.5- to 4-fold less potent than ephedrine as a sympathomimetic agent in terms of blood pressure increases and 3.5- to 7.2-fold or more less potent as a bronchodilator. [58] Pseudoephedrine is also said to have much less central effect than ephedrine and to be only a weak ...