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Methadone (also known as Symoron Dolophine Amidone Methadose Physeptone Heptadon and many other names) is a synthetic opioid. It is used medically as an analgesic and a maintenance anti-addictive and […]

Modafinil is a vigilance promoting drug (or eugeroic) that is approved by the United States’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of the wakefulness disorders of narcolepsy shift work […]

Morphine (INN) (/ˈmɔrfiːn/) (sold under nearly a hundred trade names) is an opioid analgesic drug a recreational drug and the main psychoactive chemical in opium. In clinical medicine morphine is […]

Lysergic acid diethylamide abbreviated LSD or LSD-25 also known as lysergide (INN) and colloquially as acid is a semisynthetic psychedelic drug of the ergoline family well known for its psychological […]

Ketoprofen (RS)2-(3-benzoylphenyl)-propionic acid (chemical formula C16H14O3) is one of the propionic acid class of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with analgesic and antipyretic effects. It acts by inhibiting the body’s production […]

Ketamine is a drug used in human and veterinary medicine mainly for starting and maintaining general anesthesia. Other uses include sedation in intensive care as a pain killer (particularly in […]

Hydrocodone is a semi-synthetic opioid derived from codeine. Hydrocodone is used orally as a narcotic analgesic and antitussive (cough medicine) often in combination with paracetamol (acetaminophen) or ibuprofen. Hydrocodone is […]

Heroin /hɛroʊɪn/ (diacetylmorphine or morphine diacetate also known as diamorphine (BAN INN)) and commonly known by its street names of H smack horse brown black tar and others is an […]

Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid γ-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) also known as 4-hydroxybutanoic acid is a naturally occurring substance found in the human central nervous system as well as in wine beef small citrus […]

Flunitrazepam /ˌfluːnɨˈtræzɨpæm/ — also known as Narcozep Rohypnol Rohipnol Roipnol or in the vernacular simply roofies — is an intermediate acting benzodiazepine used as an hypnotic sedative anticonvulsant anxiolytic and […]