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 Club drug safety needed
Covington County has more than its fair share of illegal drug use and abuse, which ...
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Meth tightens toxic grip on girls
Sitting in a circle in a basement classroom at the Turning Point girls' residence, five ...
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ECSTASY DEPLETES BRAIN OF MOOD CHEMICAL
Using the recreational drug Ecstasy reduces the amount of a brain chemical that controls mood, ...
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Ecstasy side effects 'not minor'
The effects of the drug ecstasy cannot be dismissed as minor, according to an intensive ...
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Italy's Docs Failing to Report Adverse Drug Side Effects
FLORENCE (Reuters Health) - Many Italian doctors are not reporting on adverse reactions in patients, ...
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OxyContin's deadly side effects
Health professionals warn Western Michigan University students about the dangers of a new drug that's ...
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Mother of two withdrawals from meth in jail cell
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. - The physical withdrawal from methamphetamine wasn't so bad. It was knowing what ...
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Panhandle woman gets 10 years for hubby's honeymoon drug death
SHALIMAR -- A bride has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the honeymoon ...
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Drug Facts
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Morphine is a narcotic analgesic. Morphine was first isolated from opium in 1805 by a German pharmacist, Wilhelm Sert�rner.
Oxycodone should be used with extreme caution in patients with significant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and in patients having a substantially decreased respiratory reserve, hypoxia, hypercapnia, or preexisting respiratory depression.
Alcohol is a DOWNER that reduces activity in the central nervous system. The alcohol intoxicated person exhibits loose muscle tone, loss of fine motor coordination, and often has a staggering "drunken" gait.
Darvocet produces psychological and physical dependence like other narcotics, and treatment for Darvocet addiction is much the same.
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Codeine
Side Effects 
Codeine
is a member of the drug class opiates. Opiates include all naturally occurring
drugs with morphine-like effects such as codeine and all semi and fully synthetic
drugs with morphine-like effects such as heroin and meperidine (Demerol). Addiction
is a major risk with prolonged use (over 2-3 weeks) of Codeine.
Codeine induces an "opioid
analgesia" by altering the perception of pain at the spinal cord and brain.
It also affects emotional responses to pain. Codeine has stimulating effects
as well because it blocks inhibitory neurotransmitters. Repeated use of Codeine
can cause long-term changes in the way the nervous system functions.
Codeine side effects include
but are not limited to:
- stomach bleeding
- kidney damage
- liver damage
- "itchies"
- constipation
- nausea
- hangover
- tiny pupils
- blurred vision
- poor night vision
- impair your ability
to drive
- lowered heart rate,
blood pressure and breathing
- disorientation
- convulsions
- hallucinations
- depression
- sexual problems
- agitation
- tremors
- seizures
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