narcotic

Also known as narcotics, narcotic drug

thumb|Heroin, a powerful opioid and narcotic

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A narcotic is a powerful drug that affects the brain and body, with heroin being a well-known example in this category. Narcotics matter because they can be highly addictive and dangerous, which is why their use and distribution are strictly controlled by law.

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Research

195,778 papers

Narcotic withdrawal in the emergency department.ReviewThe American journal of emergency medicine · 1985Freitas PMDOI: 10.1016/0735-6757(85)90205-0
Threats to Narcotic Safety-A Narrative Review of Narcotic Incidents, Discrepancies and Near-Misses Within a Large Canadian Health System.ReviewThe Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2022Bailey C, Jeffs LDOI: 10.1177/08445621211028709
Narcotic Utilization After Cleft Lip Repair: Does Local Anesthetic Choice Matter?The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association · 2023Kalmar CL, Zapatero ZD, Kosyk MS et al.DOI: 10.1177/10556656221093945
Narcotic-induced hypogonadism during therapy for heroin addiction.ReviewJournal of addictive diseases · 2002Daniell HWDOI: 10.1300/J069v21n04_05
Naloxone.ReviewAnnals of emergency medicine · 1983Handal KA, Schauben JL, Salamone FRDOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(83)80343-6
Clinical pharmacokinetics of narcotic agonist-antagonist drugs.ReviewClinical pharmacokinetics · 1983Bullingham RE, McQuay HJ, Moore RADOI: 10.2165/00003088-198308040-00004
Perception versus Reality: A Review of Narcotic Prescribing Habits After Common Laparoscopic Surgeries.ReviewThe Journal of surgical research · 2023Walk CT, Nowak R, Parikh PP et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2022.10.049
Narcotic use and total hip arthroplasty.Hip international : the journal of clinical and experimental research on hip pathology and therapy · 2019Bolarinwa SA, Casp AA, Cancienne JM et al.DOI: 10.1177/1120700018781759

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Commons category: Narcotics

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Article

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Contents

United Nations
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961
INCB Yellow List
World Health Organization
Lexicon of alcohol and drug terms published by the World Health Organization
United States
''U.S. v. Stieren''
History
Analgesics
Narcotic analgesics
Mechanism
See also
References
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thumb|Heroin, a powerful opioid and narcotic

The term narcotic (, from ancient Greek ναρκῶ narkō, "I make numb") originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with numbing or paralyzing properties. In the United States, it has since become associated with opiates and opioids, commonly morphine and heroin, as well as derivatives of many of the compounds found within raw opium latex.