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Chapter 9
Pharmacology Related to Addiction
Term | Definition |
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Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) (lye-SER-jik di-ETH-il-la-mide) | a synthetic, serotonin-related hallucinogenic drug |
Hallucinations | a class of drugs producing distortions in perception and body image at moderate doses |
Ergot | a fungus infecting rye and other grains |
Ergotism | a physical and/or psychological disorders acquired by ingesting ergot-infected grains. One form of ergotism involves gangrene and eventual loss of limbs; the other form is associated with convulsions, disordered thinking, and hallucinations |
Synesthesia | a subjective sensation in a modality other than the one being stimulated. An example is a visual experience when a sound is heard |
Psilocybin | a serotonin-related hallucinogenic drug originating from from a species of mushroom |
Psilocin | a brain chemical related to serotonin, resulting from the ingestion of psilocybin |
Bufotenine | a serotonin-related drug obtained either from a species of mushrooms |
Psilocin | a brain chemical related to serotonin, resulting from the ingestion of psilocybin |
Bufotenien | a serotonin-related drug obtained either from |
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) (lye-SER-jik di-ETH-il-la-mide) | a synthetic, serotonin-related hallucinogenic drug |
Hallucinations | a class of drugs producing distortions in perception and body image at moderate doses |
Ergot | a fungus infecting rye and other grains |
Ergotism | a physical and/or psychological disorders acquired by ingesting ergot-infected grains. One form of ergotism involves gangrene and eventual loss of limbs; the other form is associated with convulsions, disordered thinking, and hallucinations |
Synesthesia | a subjective sensation in a modality other than the one being stimulated. An example is a visual experience when a sound is heard |
Psilocybin | a serotonin-related hallucinogenic drug originating from from a species of mushroom |
Psilocin | a brain chemical related to serotonin, resulting from the ingestion of psilocybin |
Bufotenine | a serotonin-related drug obtained either from a species of mushrooms |
Psilocin | a brain chemical related to serotonin, resulting from the ingestion of psilocybin |
Bufotenien | a serotonin-related drug obtained either from |
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) (lye-SER-jik di-ETH-il-la-mide) | a synthetic, serotonin-related hallucinogenic drug |
Hallucinations | a class of drugs producing distortions in perception and body image at moderate doses |
Ergot | a fungus infecting rye and other grains |
Ergotism | a physical and/or psychological disorders acquired by ingesting ergot-infected grains. One form of ergotism involves gangrene and eventual loss of limbs; the other form is associated with convulsions, disordered thinking, and hallucinations |
Synesthesia | a subjective sensation in a modality other than the one being stimulated. An example is a visual experience when a sound is heard |
Psilocybin | a serotonin-related hallucinogenic drug originating from from a species of mushroom |
Psilocin | a brain chemical related to serotonin, resulting from the ingestion of psilocybin |
Bufotenine | a serotonin-related drug obtained either from a species of mushrooms |
Bufotenien | a serotonin-related drug obtained either from a bean plant in Central and South America or from the skin of a particular type of toad |
Cyanosis | a tendency for the skin to turn bluish purple. It can be a side effect of the drug bufotenie |
Lysergic acid amide (LAA) | a hallucinogenic drug found in morning glory seeds, producing effects similar to those of LSD |
Dimethyltryptamine (DTM) | a short acting hallucinogenic drug |
Harmine | a serotonin-related hallucinogenic drug frequently used by South American shamans in healing rituals |
Mesculine | a norepinephrine-related hallucinogenic drug. Its source is the peyote cactus |
Peyote | a species of cactus that is the source of the hallucinogenic drug mescaline |
DOM | a synthetic norepinephrine-related hallucinogenic drug, derived from amphetamine. DOM or a combination of DOM and LSD is often referred to by the street name STP |
MDMA (Ecstasy) | a synthetic norepinephrine-related hallucinogenic drug. Once considered useful for psychotherapeutic purposes, this drug is now known to produce significant averse side effects, including neuronal hypothermia, dehydration, and neurochemical changes |
Amanita muscaria | a species of mushroom containing the hallucinogenic drug ibotenic acid |
Atropine | an anticholinergic hallucinogenic drug derived from the Atropa belladonna plant |
Scopoamine | an anticholinergic hallucinogenic drug. Also called hyoscine. |
Hyoscyamine | an anticholinergic hallucinogenic drug found in mandrake, henbane, and various species of the datura plant |
Atropa bennadonna | a plant species, also called deadly nightshade, whose berries can be highly toxic. It is the principal source of atropine |
Mandrake | a potatoe-like plant containing anticholinergic hallucinogenic drugs |
Datura stamonium | a species of the datura family of plants with hallucinogenic properties. In the United States, the plant is called Jimsonweed |
Phencyclideine (PCP) (fen-SIGH-klih-deen) | a dissoviative anesthetic hallucinogen that produces disorientation,agitation, aggressive behaviour, analgesia and amnesia. It has various street names, including angel dust. |
Ketamine | a dissociative anesthetic hallucinogen related to phencyclidine (PCP) |
Salvia divinorum or salvia | a Mexican leafy herb with short-duration hallucinogenic effects |