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- ANTISPASMODIC:
- A substance or drug that relieves muscle spasms and/or cramps.
- ANXIETY DISORDERS:
- A group of mental disorders or conditions characterized in part by chronic feelings of fear, excessive and obsessive worrying, restlessness, and panic attacks. Anxiety disorders include panic disorder, agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and others.
- APHRODISIAC:
- A substance or drug that increases sexual desire.
- ATAXIA:
- Loss of control of muscle coordination.
- BARBITURATES:
- Highly habit-forming (addictive) sedative drugs based on barbituric acid. Barbiturates are central nervous system depressants.
- HYPNOTIC:
- A drug that induces sleep by depressing the central nervous system.
- NEURONS:
- Nerve cells found throughout the central nervous system. Neurons release neurotransmitters.
- PRECURSORS:
- A substance or compound from which another substance is synthesized, or made.
- RECREATIONAL USE:
- The casual and infrequent use of a drug or substance, often in social situations, for its pleasurable effects.
- RELAPSE:
- Term used in substance abuse treatment...
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