What's the difference between intoxication and narcotic?

Intoxication


Definition:

  • (n.) A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.
  • (n.) The state of being intoxicated or drunk; inebriation; ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making drunk.
  • (n.) A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Intoxicating concentrations of ethanol also inhibit excitatory synaptic transmission mediated by N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in hippocampal slices from adult rodents.
  • (2) Agarose-albumin beads may be useful for removing protein-bound substances from the blood of patients with liver failure, intoxication with protein-bound drugs, or specific metabolic deficits.
  • (3) Survival and healing of "extremely severe" grade intoxication can only be obtained through a surgical intervention within the first hours; a laparotomy will indicate the depth of the lesions, which is not determined by endoscopy, and will consist of Celerier's stripping method and if necessary a gastrectomy, more seldom a cephalic duodeno-pancreatectomy.
  • (4) Intoxications arising from therapeutic activities pertaining to this cult are of the same kind as those encountered in the practice of Modern Medicine.
  • (5) Intoxication produces a constellation of symptoms, with paresthesias and generalized muscle weakness being common complaints.
  • (6) Dietary pretreatment of Cr(VI)-intoxicated rats with ascorbic acid or alpha-tocopherol normalized vitamin C levels in lungs but not in kidneys.
  • (7) The onset of the symptoms usually occurs within a few minutes after ingestion of the implicated food, and the duration of symptoms ranges from a few hours to 24 h. Antihistamines can be used effectively to treat this intoxication.
  • (8) CNS excitation and seizures, manifestations of organochlorine intoxication, can occur following ingestion or inappropriate application of the 1 per cent topical formulation of lindane used to treat scabies and lice.
  • (9) The alterations might rather be attributed to unspecific disorders in the energy balance or to the effect of "stress" during intoxication.
  • (10) Al hepatocytes overload appeared only in nuclei and not in nuclei and not in lysosomes, contrarily to chronic intoxications.
  • (11) The addition of isoproterenol corrected partially or completely all bupivacaine-induced abnormalities, and decreased sinus cycle length, suggesting a potential therapeutic value in the treatment of bupivacaine intoxication.
  • (12) Quality of anaesthesia and risk of intoxication are competing principles in IVRA.
  • (13) The maximal density of [3H] 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n- propylamino)tetralin [( 3H] 8-OH-DPAT) binding (Bmax) to 5-HT1a receptors was decreased by 25 and 17% in the hippocampus during chronic ethanol intoxication and withdrawal, respectively.
  • (14) Thus, in cases of methyl alcohol intoxication, as in other clinical situations, hyperamylasemia, even when striking, should not be equated with pancreatitis.
  • (15) A 51-year-old manic woman who developed acute severe lithium intoxication with neurotoxicity and nephrotoxicity during rapid abatement of manic episode was reported.
  • (16) The inhibition of cholinesterase and carboxylesterase activities in the diisopropyl fluorophosphate (DFP) intoxication, and the inducibility of organophosphate (OP) detoxicating enzymes was studied in rats.
  • (17) Disorders of tissue respiration can be caused by two factors: inflammatory intoxication of organs and tissues and chronic oxygen insufficiency in tissues.
  • (18) There was no evidence of either myocardial infarction, abnormal electrolyte state, or digitalis intoxication.
  • (19) It is found that acute ethanol intoxication is accompanied by a decrease in the ascorbic acid content in the brain, liver and kidneys.
  • (20) Slight cerebral intoxication could be seen in four patients, with no correlation with possibly high lidocaine concentrations.

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.