(1) Recent research conducted by independent investigators concerning the relationship between crime and narcotic (primarily heroin) addiction has revealed a remarkable degree of consistency of findings across studies.
(2) The typology developed in two previous surveys of illicit heroin products is applicable to many of the samples studied in this work, although significant changes have occurred in the chemical profile of illicit heroin products from certain geographical regions.
(3) A procedure for detection and quantification of urinary 6-acetylmorphine (6-AM), a metabolite of heroin, is described.
(4) We have investigated the presence of fragments of the HIV genome with a new nucleic acid amplification technique (PCR or polymerase chain reaction) in lymphocytes from 33 seronegative couples with anti-HIV antibodies, most of which were heroin addicts.
(5) The Amazonian super heroine was dropped from the role less than two months later.
(6) Of 242 north Italian heroin addicts, 24 (9.9%) were HBsAg positive.
(7) Both heroin and alcohol addicts were characterized by a high frequency and magnitude of life change.
(8) But why did a pregnant heroin addict, or Nadia and the mother who put her into care, want to appear?
(9) Rates of past-year heroin abuse or dependence and heroin-related overdose deaths in the United States, 2002–2013.
(10) From Stranraer to Stornaway there is a fair chance every primary school child in the country will catch a glimpse of their heroine's gold medal at some stage, like it or not.
(11) Newborn infants delivered from mothers addicted to heroin often develop a deprivation syndrome.
(12) The results suggest that withdrawal-induced arousal may not be entirely eliminated by the heroin substitute, methadone.
(13) The efficiency of the volatilization of heroin using this procedure was studied under laboratory conditions using thin layer chromatography, gas chromatography and high pressure liquid chromatography.
(14) The first one is a renal adenocarcinoma in a heroin-abuser patient, of a type we have only found mentioned in the literature in 4 other cases.
(15) Another officer grabbing Mann by the collar and threatening his family – to arrest his wife’s “black ass” and ensure he would not see his young son grow up, Mann recalled in an interview – if he did not snitch on a heroin dealer.
(16) Plasma ACTH, cortisol, and cyclic-AMP levels of eleven heroin addicts were dertermined before and after treatment with a fast detoxification procedure using acupuncture and electrical stimulation (AES) together with the administration of limited doses of naloxone.
(17) Ian Livingstone is not all that keen on being photographed near the life-sized model of Lara Croft in his study – even though he was largely responsible for launching her on the world nearly 20 years ago, and the heroine of the Tomb Raider video games, comics and films helped to make his fortune.
(18) India is presently facing the problem of increased trafficking in drugs; heroin and hashish are supplied to the west through the subcontinent.
(19) The results suggest that heroin and PCP induce alterations in the septohippocampal cholinergic innervations and in related behavioral performance.
(20) A flawed heroine of the anti-apartheid struggle, she is unlikely to keep a low profile in the coming days or to bite her lip if she believes Mandela's memory is being betrayed.
Narcotic
Definition:
(a.) Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic.
(n.) A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium.
Example Sentences:
(1) The clinical usefulness of neonatal narcotic abstinence scales is reviewed, with special reference to their application in treatment.
(2) Recent research conducted by independent investigators concerning the relationship between crime and narcotic (primarily heroin) addiction has revealed a remarkable degree of consistency of findings across studies.
(3) The interactions of 3 classical alpha-adrenergic antihypertensives of prevalently central type (St 155 or clonidine St 600; BR 750 or guanabenz) with the narcotic effects of pentobarbital have been investigated in the Mus musculus.
(4) We studied the arterial blood gas determinations done on the first hospital day in 14 narcotic addicts with bacterial endocarditis (group 1) and six addicts with other medical complications of narcotic addiction (group 2).
(5) The prostaglandins A1, E1, A2, E2 and F2a were comparatively studied for their antiarrhythmic action using the model of strophanthin arrhythmia of narcotized cats.
(6) Postoperative nausea and vomiting have been associated with the use of intravenous narcotics, and nitrous oxide may worsen the emetic effects of narcotics.
(7) Though intraspinal narcotic analgesia is associated with a number of side effects, with proper knowledge these adverse reactions are wither preventable or can be greatly reduced.
(8) In this open study we reviewed the circadian distribution of extra doses of narcotic analgesics in 61 bed-ridden patients with cancer pain.
(9) In narcotized cats different respiratory reactions in acute myocardial ischemia was estimated with complicated and non-complicated ventricular fibrillation.
(10) Infants prenatally exposed to narcotics become passively addicted in-utero and may undergo neonatal abstinence at birth.
(11) Convergent results from a multimethod assessment of the issue show that methadone maintenance has long-term and short-term suppressive effects on narcotics use and property crime.
(12) The pharmacokinetics of the narcotic analgesic dextromoramide was investigated by means of a specific GC-MS method in 9 patients who were given a single oral dose of the drug (7.5 mg) together with an anticholinergic before undergoing minor orthopedic surgery.
(13) Ethanol-withdrawn animals displayed an increased sensitivity to the narcotic action of toluene.
(14) Their addiction at the time of seeking treatment was well established: narcotic drugs comprised their main daily expenditure, they had numerous problems associated with narcotic use, and high doses of methadone were necessary for detoxification.
(15) These results provide further evidence that narcotic-induced respiratory depression and analgesia are mediated by different receptor interactions.
(16) Hypericum extract enhanced the exploratory activity of mice in a foreign environment, significantly prolonged the narcotic sleeping time dose-dependently, and within a narrow dose range exhibited reserpine antagonism.
(17) In summary, there are now available very potent narcotics, with small side effect liability.
(18) This paper analyses the influence of medical professional organization on the formation of attitudes and policies toward narcotics in England.
(19) Most involved children less than 3 (42%) yr or greater than 12 (33%) yr. Products most commonly ingested included tricyclic antidepressants (22%), benzodiazepines (15%), theophylline (10%), ethanol (10%), hallucinogens (8%), salicylates (8%), narcotics (8%), antihistamines (7%), and carbamazepine (5%).
(20) In this respect the narcotic antagonist effects resemble those produced by the antiserotonin compounds or opiate agonists.