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Drowsiness
Definition:
(n.) State of being drowsy.
Example Sentences:
(1) YOH shifted the healthy subjects' mood towards feeling panicked, elevated systolic blood pressure and plasma prolactin concentrations, reduced digit symbol substitution, and induced drowsiness and passiveness.
(2) Side-effects (pruritus, nausea, vomiting, drowsiness) were also noted.
(3) MIDAZOLAM IS SUPERIOR TO DIAZEPAM IN CERTAIN WAYS: it has a more rapid onset; produces greater anterograde amnesia, less postoperative drowsiness, less venous irritation and less likelihood of thrombophlebitis development.
(4) Drowsiness and altered taste perception were increased significantly over placebo only in the high-dose azelastine group.
(5) Long-acting drugs and techniques that are associated with excessive drowsiness or nausea and vomiting should not be utilized.
(6) At altitude, temazepam led to less wakefulness and to drowsy sleep--there were no prolonged sleep latencies.
(7) The lowest recovery rate was observed in drowsy patients operated on between 4 and 10 days from the hemorrhage.
(8) Fatigue, drowsiness, and attention were self-rated using visual analogue scales; oral temperature was self-measured and a letter cancellation test was performed.
(9) Experimental evidence shows that during drowsiness, disfacilitation in thalamic and cortical neurons (by partial removal of influences from mesopontine, posterior hypothalamic, and basal forebrain activating systems) may coexist with active hypnogenic mechanisms.
(10) Ethanol alone impaired manual dexterity, increased drowsiness, reduced 'clearheadedness' and also tended to reduce feelings of aggression.
(11) However, both isomers showed different effects on the EEG and animal's behavior following convulsions; e.g., the cocaine-induced convulsions were followed by low-voltage fast waves in the EEGs associated with behavioral hyperexcitation, while pseudococaine-induced convulsions were followed by high-voltage slow waves associated with behavioral depression and drowsiness with intermittent sleep.
(12) However, mice treated topically with spiperone, unlike those treated systemically, exhibited no drowsiness or other evidence of central nervous system effects.
(13) The drug reduced the frequency of transitions into wakefulness and stage 1 (drowsiness) and reduced the time spent in stage 1; there was a withdrawal rebound.
(14) Adverse reactions to phenothiazines, including hypotension, sedation, drowsiness, extrapyramidal symptoms, tardive dyskinesia, cardiac toxicity and agranulocytosis, are often more common and severe than those attributed to narcotic analgesics.
(15) Apomorphine produced severe drowsiness in the PPS patients.
(16) Patients who received lorazepam or oxazepam also experienced significantly more severe drowsiness than those patients receiving methylprednisolone (both P less than 0.001).
(17) Side effects (principally drowsiness, ataxia, headache) occurred mainly during the initiation of therapy and decreased during therapy.
(18) Adverse effects of H1 blockers on the brain, such as drowsiness, may be produced as a consequence of this inhibitory action.
(19) The differences included slower alpha and more theta during THC experiences, reminiscent of initial drowsiness EEG, and of some results in schizophrenia.
(20) Neurological examination on admission: The patient was in drowsy state, papilledema on the both sides and right hemiparesis including the face were noted.