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| Addiction | overwhelming obsession or physical need to continue the use of a substance
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| Antidote | substance used to neutralize or counteract a poison
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| Delirium Tremens (DT) | severe withdrawal syndrome seen in alcoholics who are deprived of ethyl alcohol
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-restlessness
-fever
-sweating
-disorientation
-agitation
-seizures
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| Emesis | vomiting
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| Hallucinogen | agent that produces false perceptions in any of five senses
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| Hematemesis | vomiting blood
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| Hypnotic | a sleep inducing effect or agent
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| ingestion | swallowing or taking substance by mouth
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| material safe data sheet (MSDA) | a form provided by manufacturers and compounders or chemicals containing info about chemical compositions, physical and chemical properties, health and safety hazards, emergency response and waste disposal
-AKA safety data sheets (SDS)
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| narcotic | drug that produces sleep or altered mental consciousness
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| opiate | substance in opioid family
-natural non synthetic opioids
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| opioid | synthetically produced narcotic medication, drug, or agent similar to opiate morphine but not derived from opium
-used to relieve pain
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| overdose | excessive quantity of a drug that when taken or administered can have toxic or lethal consequences
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| poison | substance whose chemical action could damage structures or impaired function when introduced to the body
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| sedative | substance that decreases activity and excitement
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| stimulant | agent that produces and excited state
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| substance abuse | misuse od any substance to produce desired effect
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| tolerance | need for increasing amounts of drug to obtain the same effect
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| toxicology | the study of toxic or poisonous substances
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| toxin | poison or harmful substance produced by bacteria, animals, or plants
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