A drug, broadly speaking, is any chemical substance that, when absorbed into the body of a living organism, alters normal bodily function.... that is given before the administration of an anesthetic.
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A drug, broadly speaking, is any chemical substance that, when absorbed into the body of a living organism, alters normal bodily function.... that is given before the administration of an anesthetic.
Acepromazine or Acetylpromazine is a phenothiazine derivative antipsychotic drug. It was first used in humans in the 1950s, but is now little used in humans , but frequently in animals as a sedative and antiemetic....
Atropine is a tropane alkaloid extracted from deadly nightshade , jimsonweed , Mandrake and other plants of the family Solanaceae. It is a secondary metabolite of these plants and serves as a hard drug with a wide variety of effects....
Diazepam , first marketed as Valium by Hoffmann-La Roche, is a benzodiazepine derivative drug. It possesses anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, hypnotic, sedative, skeletal muscle relaxant and amnestic properties....
Scopolamine, known by the names levo-duboisine and hyoscine, is a tropane alkaloid Medication with muscarinic antagonist effects. It is obtained from plants of the family Solanaceae , such as henbane, jimson weed and Angel's Trumpets , and corkwood ....
