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is heroin a depressant or stimulant?

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Depressant: Heroin is a central nervous system depressant.  It slows down brain function and respiratory activity.  Body temperature, respiratory rate, and blood pressure drop.  Heart rate can become irregular.  The person may lapse into a coma or die in overdose.

Question 2

is heroin a stimulant or a depressant?

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Depressant: While all opioids (drugs like opiates - heroin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, Methadone etc) are depressants, in people who are dependent on them, they are also often energizing.  People in withdrawal are often very tired and lethargic, and getting more opioid may make them more stimulated and awake.  Long-term withdrawal from heroin is often marked with severe low energy, fatigue and depression.

Question 3

is diphenhydramine a stimulant or depressant?

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Antihistamine: It is actually an antihistamine.  It is also used as a hypnotic (sleep aid).  However, many people do not respond to it in this manner and one of the side effects is aggitation.

Question 4

is aspirin a depressant or stimulant?

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None: Aspirin is an antiinflammatory mostly and should not affect mood.

Question 5

what is hashish: a stimulant, depressant, hallucinogen, or narcotic?

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Hashish: Is obtained from cannabis plant, containing high concentration of thc.

Question 6

is expired morphine safe to use?

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Expired morphine: In general expired medications still do work. In the real world (everything else but the usa) especially africa expired medications are used. As long as they are not expired by more than 12 mo. In the usa the fda and the lawyers will be after us if an expired med was given and you had a problem.

Question 7

80mg morphine daily. is this safe?

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Morphine dosage: That depends. If you have been on opiates - lortab, percocet, ect. I may be perfectly safe as long as it's given in divided doses - say three times a day where it totals 80mg. For someone who never takes opiates, to take 80 mg of morphine all at once could kill them by supressing respiration. This effect is amplified by alcohol, benzos and medicines like soma (carisoprodol).

Question 8

what medications contain morphine?

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Brand Names: are MSContin, Avinza, (morphine) Kadian, Roxanol,  to name a few. Codeine is metabolized to Morphine so it will generally be present in Urine Tox Screens.

Question 9

what is similar to a morphine drip?

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Continuous infusion: A morphine drip is a continuous morphine intravenous infusion. Pain medications such as morphine can be administered as an infusion to help with constant pain. In some cases, a patient controlled administraion infusion (PCA) system is used whereby you can safely administer yourself an extra dose when needed for severe pain.

Question 10

how do i make morphine fornebulization?

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Get a pro: Morphine can be nebulized, but this needs to be set up by an experienced, skilled compounding pharmacist.  Accidental overdose with lethal consequences can result from amateur attempts.
Prescription for this is possible in the hands of a skilled pain doc.
James dillard, md.

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