Products In many countries, finished medicines containing cocaine are currently no longer commercially available. However, they can be prepared as an extemporaneous prescription in a pharmacy. Cocaine is subject to the Narcotics Act and requires an aggravated prescription, but it is not banned as a drug. It is also sold as an illegal narcotic on … Cocaine: Drug Effects, Side Effects, Dosage and Uses
Products Doping agents include approved drugs, legal and illegal intoxicants, experimental agents, and illegally manufactured and trafficked substances. Doping includes non-drug doping methods, such as blood doping, in addition to drugs. Effects Doping agents differ in their pharmacological activities. Stimulants, for example, stimulate and thus increase alertness and aggressiveness for competition. In contrast, beta-blockers provide … Doping in Competitive Sports
Products Alkaloids and their derivatives are contained as active ingredients in numerous medicines. They have been used medicinally for thousands of years, such as opium with morphine or coca leaves with cocaine. In 1805, a pure alkaloid was extracted for the first time by the German pharmacist Friedrich Sertürner with morphine. Structure and properties Alkaloids … Alkaloids
Products Vinum tonicum is not commercially available as a finished drug in many countries. Pharmacies and drugstores can make it themselves or order it from specialized suppliers (without coca extract). The successor prepart is the tonic FH. Production Manufacturing specification PM (1971, 4th edition): A Calcium glycerinophosphoricum solutum 50%. 2.0 B Extractum colae fluidum 1.0 … Vinum Tonicum PM
Stem plant Loganiaceae, nux vomica. Medicinal drug Strychni semen (Nux vomica) – Nux vomica: the seed of L. (PH 4) – no longer officinal. Preparations The old pharmacopoeias contained some preparations, e.g. Tinctura Strychni and Extractum Strychni. Ingredients Indole alkaloids – bitter substances: strychnine, brucine. Effects Indications for use Today practically exclusively in alternative medicine, … Nux Vomica Effects and Side Effects
Products Ignatius bean is found in numerous alternative medicine remedies, primarily homeopathics. Stem plant Loganiaceae, Ignatius bean. Medicinal drug The seeds, Ignatii semen, are used as a medicinal drug. Ingredients Ingredients include toxic alkaloids such as strychnine and brucine. Effects Stimulant properties have been attributed to the Ignatius bean. Indications In the past the Ignatius … Ignatius Bean
