Psycholeptic
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Inpharmacology,apsycholepticis a medication which produces acalming effectupon a person.[1]Such medications includebarbiturates,benzodiazepines,nonbenzodiazepines,phenothiazines,opiates/opioids,carbamates,ethanol,2-methyl-2-butanol,GHB,cannabinoids(in some classifications), someantidepressants,neuroleptics,and someanticonvulsants.Many herbal medicines may also be classified as psycholeptics (e.g.kava).[citation needed]
The psycholeptics are classified underN05in theAnatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System.
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[edit]- ^Manuel Sergi; Sabino Napoletano (2012). "Analysis of Illicit Drugs in Human Biological Samples by LC-MS". In Xu, Alan Q.; Madden, Timothy L. (eds.).LC-MS in drug bioanalysis.New York: Springer. p. 352.ISBN9781461438281.Retrieved10 January2017.
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