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Yes, painkillers are depressants. But remeber, they still taste help you out, so they're not all that ad!Bad!
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What are the two kinds of drugs?
I'v heard of four categories, if that's what you're after; Depressants, Stimulants, Hallucinogens, and I think the fourth was Painkillers?
Why do pain killers cause constipation?
Many painkillers are depressants. Along with relieving pain, they depress, or slow down normal body functions- including eliminating wastes.
What group of drugs does alcohol come from?
alcohol is under the category of depressants
When you take depressants does it make you more depressed?
You don't take depressants. You take anti-depressants, which counters being depressed.
Why do people take drugs when deppressed?
A depressant drug does not actually make you depressed. It's called a depressant because it slows your system down, slower heart rate and breathing. People take depressants such as painkillers (pills,opium and heroin) or benzodiazapines such as Xanax and Valium because they relax you and in the case of painkillers give you a body high that makes you feel numb and good.
Can you take Lortabs with Darvocets?
Both are narcotic/opiate pain killers the lortab being much stronger than the darvocet.They are both CNS depressants my concern here is the high dose of Tylenol each of these painkillers contain.I would not recommend taking these together
Depressants are drugs that are used to fight depression?
no, that would be ANTI-depressants....
What medications interfer with Xanax?
Alcohol, sedatives, other benzodiazepines (Valium, Klonopin, Ativan, etc.), opiates (Percocet, Vicodin, Codeine, Morphine, Hydromorphone, etc.), other prescription painkillers (propoxyphene, fentanyl, etc.), CNS depressants and barbituates (butylbarbital, phenobarbital, etc.)
Can painkillers harm a feotus?
Hey You know how made painkillers?
Which part of the body do depressants affect?
Depressants slow (or depress) the functioning of the entire body.
What is true about depressants?
Depressants slow (or depress) the actions of the lungs, heart, and other organs.
What groups of drugs have the opposite effect on the brain hallucinogens and stimulants opiates and sedatives stimulants and depressants depressants and opiates Why?
Stimulants and depressants have opposite effects on the brain. Stimulants activate the central nervous system, while depressants (as their name implies) depress it.
