4 PHARMACOLOGICAL CLASSIFCATION OF CLASSIFICATIONS OF BARBITURATE

DRUGS SUBSTANCES

What are the FOUR Pharmacological AMYTAL-OR AMOBARBITAL SODIUM

Classifications of Drugs? ● slow-starting, long acting (3-6 hours)
● Narcotics ● blue bullet shaped capsules
● Stimulant ● blues, blue birds, blue devils blue heavens are
● Depressant some of its trade name
● Hallucinogen
NEMBUTAL-OR PENTOBARBITAL SODIUM
ACCORDING TO EFFECTS ● slow starting long acting (3-6 hours)
● DEPRESSANTS ○ trade name from abbot Laboratories
● STIMULANTS ○ yellow or yellow and white capsules
● HALLUCINOGENS ○ sold under trade name yellow, nembies,
yellow jackets
ACCORDING TO MEDICAL PHARMACOLOGY
● NARCOTICS LUMINAL OR PHENOBARBITAL SODIUM
● TRANQUILIZERS ● slow starting long acting white tablets
● STIMULANTS
● HALLUCINOGENS TUINAL
● SOLVENTS ● combination of amobarbital and secobarbital
sodium red and blue capsules with
DEPRESSANTS recommended dosage of 50 to 200 milligrams
● supress the vital body functions especially
those of the brain or CNS resulting to the PENTOTHAL-OR THIOPENTAL SODIUM
impairment of judgment, hearing, speech and ● ultra short acting barbiturate have speed onset
muscular coordinator. at 0 to 45 seconds and duration of effect up to
30 minutes
Barbiturates
● they are drugs used for inducing sleep in
persons plagued with anxiety, mental stress TRANQUILIZER- These are drugs that calm and
and insomnia relax and diminish anxiety, in treatment of nervous
● Barbiturates that is also called as goofballs or states and some mental disorders without
barbs. It is also used for treating epilepsy and producing sleep
hypertension ● Example: Librium, Valium
● Librium (chlordiazepoxide) and Valium
ADOLF VON BAEYER IN 1863. discovered (diazepam) are benzodiazepines used to treat
barbiturates anxiety disorders or alcohol withdrawal. Valium
is also used to treat seizures and muscle
MALONYL CARBAMIDE-chemical for barbituric spasms
acid
ALCOHOL
VERONAL- first barbituric acid ● it is a colorless and tasteless clear liquid that
boils at 78.4 degree celsius. it has a pleasant
EMIL FISHER AND JOSEPH VON MERING- odor and produces burning sensation in mouth,
synthesized this drug esophagus and stomach
● Also termed as king of all drugs with potential
DILLI KOPANYI REAGENT which turns the for abuse
reagent into intense purple or reddish violet color. ● What are the common alcoholic drinks?
● beers- contain 2 to 6 percent of alcohol
seconal-or secobarbital ● wines- contains 10 percent of alcohol
● COMMONLY USED BY HOSPITALITY GIRLS ● fortified wines- liquors that contains 10
● fast starting short acting red capsules (under 3 to 20 percent of alcohol
hours) ● spirits- liquors that contains 40 to 60
● recommended dosage for sedative purpose is percent of alcohol like brandy, whiskey
100 milligrams, hypnotic effect will come rum and gin
beyond the mentioned dosage
● seggy, seccy, lily, pula, bala

WHAT TYPE OF DRINKER ARE YOU?
● OCCASIONAL DRINKER- drinks on special
occasional or uses alcohol as home remedy
and takes only few drinks per year
● FREQUENT DRINKER- drinks at parties and
social affairs. intake maybe once a week or
occasionally reaches 3 to 4 times a week
● REGULAR DRINKER- may drink daily or
consistently every weekends usually comes in
cultural background where wine and beers are
used as part of meal to enhance the flavor of
the food
● ALCOHOL DEPENDENT- drinks to have a
good, excessive drinking occurs occasionally
but drinker may not become alcoholic
● ALCOHOLIC- has lost control of his use of
alcohol which indicates that it is primary part of
is life
What are the slang terms for stimulant drugs?
● they are known as "pep pills", "jolly beans",
"ups"... "uppers", "eye-openers", "wake-ups",
"wake-uppers" and "speed"
What is speedball?
● It refers to the mixture of heroin and
amphetamine or cocaine and amphetamine
What is the term for injecting amphetamine
directly to the vein at a regular time?
● Answer: Speeding. It gives abuser faster and
stronger stimulation. it is also known as "meth"
"meth run, injections which is taken regularly as
every 4 to 6 hours for 3 to 6 days.
What is green barrel?
● It is the mixture of amphetamine and LSD
How is equalizing done?
● Equalizing is taking large amount of depressive
drugs like barbiturates and tranquilizers to
counteract the speed to blast out the feeling of
weariness
What is caffeine?
● It is socially acceptable and a mild stimulant
that is found in coffee, tea, cola, and other
beverages.
What is amphetamine?
● These are man-made stimulants which in pure
form are colorless liquids with strong odor and
burning taste, generate feelings of renewed
physical and mental power, produce an
elevation of mood and a sense of well being
Who synthesized amphetamine?
● German chemist L. Edeleano, in 1887
What is the true name of amphetamine
according to Smith, Kline and French
Laboratories?
● alpha-methyl-phentyl-amine
What sickness is treated by amphetamine?
● treat variety of mental disorders and mood
disturbances
● slimming down the overweight
● treating narcolepsy, a disease characterized by
overwhelming desire to sleep
● treating parkinsonism, a disease which results
in some rigidity of some muscles
● treating alcoholism
Abused Amphetamine
● dexedrine "dexies"- trade name of dextro-
amphetamine sulfate produced by SKF the drug
comes in three forms, an elixir, tablet and
capsule. the tablets are flat, three-sided, single
scored, pale orange color comes in 5 milligram
dosage and bears skf-e19 logo; capsules are
brown capped. clear bodies and contain orange
and white pellets comes in 5, 10, 25 milligram
dosage and bears the logo skf-e12, skf. e13,
and skfe-14. other name for this drug are
dexies and orange
● benzedrine- trade name for the racemic
compound produced by SKF that is used for
treatment of narcolepsy, HYPER KINESIS and
minimal dysfunction for children, obesity. It
comes in capsules (purple capped) and tablets
(single scored, three-sided pink tablets). It
bears the skf 190 logo. it is also known as
bennies and benzies.
● omethedrine- marketed as white, 5 milligram
tablet and 1 cc ampoules each containing 20
milligrams.
● desoxyn- trade name of amphetamine
hydrochloride produced by Abbot Laboratories.
Desoxyn are white and bears Abbot logo tablets
and as as Gradumet tablets which are yellow,
white orange and similarly bears abbot logo.
Methamphetamine
● It is white, odorless, crystalline solid or
powderthat is the first synthetic stimulant
developed in 1919. by a Japanese and named
after a japanese delicacy of mixed vegetables,
fish and meat.
What is the dangerous drug described as white
odorless crystal or crystalline powder with a
bitter numbing taste with absent medical use?
● Answer: Shabu or methamphetamine
hydrochloride.

What are other terms for methamphetamine
hhydrochloride?
● Shabu, s. shabs, ubas.sha, siopao, ice
● Methyl-amphetamine
● Poor man's cocaine
● Methamphetamine
What is the most powerful stimulant known to
man?
● Answer: cocaine
How is cocaine identified?
● white, made up of shiny colorless crystals and
understandably called as "snow" in the junkie
jargon. in powder form, it is odorless, and has
bitter taste.
Who isolated cocaine?
● It was isolated from the plant in 1859 by
German chemist Albert Niemann.
What is coca paste?
● crude product smoked in south america that is
more dangerous because it has contaminants
such as kerosene.
What is cocaine ecgonine?
● is a white crystalline alkaloid found in the leaves
of coca bush that acts as a stimulant on the
CNS.
What is coca bush or coca plant?
● is an evergreen native to south america
particularly the countries of Peru, Bolivia, Brazil,
Chile and Columbia.
What is the scientific term for the coca plant?
● its scientific name is erythroxylum coca or
erythroxylum novogranatense and the alkaloids
extracted from it is known as Cocaine
Hydrochloride.
What is the salt of cocaine?
● Cocaine hydrochloride that is a fine white
crystal known as local anesthetic
What is "street" cocaine hydrochloride or
"rocks?
● larger pieces of cocaine hydrochloride where it
is mixed with ammonia or sodium bicarbonate
and other ingredients to solidify into pellets or
rocks
Ecstasy
What is ecstasy?
● It refers to the hallucinogenic stimulant which is
manmade which is chemically similar with MDA
and methamphetamine
What is the chemical name for ecstasy?
● methylene deoxymethamphetamine or MDMA
How long does it affect the body of the user?
● it produces relaxed, euphoric state without
marked hallucinations. it takes effect 20-40
minutes after taking the tablet and wears off 3
to 4 hours and peak effects at 60-90 minutes
after taking the drug.
What countries are major sources of ecstasy?
● Netherlands and Belgium
Nicotine
What is nicotine?
● To it refers to the substance that reinforces and
strengthens the desire to smoke
● it is one among the 4000 chemicals in cigarette
wherein several among them are carcinogens
What is the primary source of nicotine?
● Tobacco or nicotiana tobaccum
What are the major components of tobacco?
● nicotine
● carbon monoxide- poisonous gas that is
similar to the gas emanating from car's exhaust
pipe. it impairs the capacity blood to supply
adequate amounts of oxygen to vital organs
● tar- brownish viscous substance known to be
cancer causing component of tobacco
Aside from cigarette, in what other forms can
tobacco be encountered?
● Nicotine patch- nicotine-impregnated patch
worn on skin: a small patch that when placed
on the skin releases nicotine directly into the
bloodstream, used by people who are trying to
give up smoking
● Nicotine gum- chewing gum with nicotine:
chewing gum containing nicotine, used as a
substitute for tobacco by people who are trying
to give up smoking
Cathinone
What is cathinone?
● isolated from the leaves of KHAT (cathe
edulis) a plant that grows in South Africa,
Southern Arabia, and Middle East as well as in
the dessert areas surrounding United States. It
has been used in 13th century by soldiers to
relieve fatigue.