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Narcotics

Known as: Narcotic, narcotic drug 
Agents that induce NARCOSIS. Narcotics include agents that cause somnolence or induced sleep (STUPOR); natural or synthetic derivatives of OPIUM or… 
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Results from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy/U.S. Food and Drug Administration collaborative study on complication rates and drug use during gastrointestinal endoscopy.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Epidural Narcotics for Postoperative Analgesia
Epidural narcotic analgesia was assessed in 66 patients after surgery under epidural and light general anesthesia. Changes of… 
Review
1980
Review
1980
Postsurgical pain relief: Patients' status and nurses' medication choices
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Analgesia mediated by a direct spinal action of narcotics.
Narcotic analgetics administered directly into the spinal subarachnoid space of the rat via a chronically inserted catheter… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Antagonism of stimulation-produced analgesia by naloxone, a narcotic antagonist
Analgesia produced by focal electrical stimulation of the brain is partially reversed by the narcotic antagonist naloxone. The… 
Review
1976
Review
1976
Central nervous system mechanisms of analgesia
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Dual regulation of adenylate cyclase accounts for narcotic dependence and tolerance.
Narcotics affect adenylate cyclase [ATP pyrophosphate-lyase (cyclizing), EC 4.6.1.1] in two opposing ways, both mediated by the… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Stereospecific binding of the potent narcotic analgesic (3H) Etorphine to rat-brain homogenate.
Etorphine, the most potent narcotic analgesic known, was labeled with tritium by catalytic exchange. This drug exhibits… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Undertreatment of Medical Inpatients with Narcotic Analgesics
Abstract Structured interviews of 37 medical inpatients being treated with narcotic analgesics for pain showed that 32% of the… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
THE USE OF CHANGES IN CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY IN MICE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN NARCOTIC AND NONNARCOTIC ALALGESICS.
An extension of the "squirming test" is described which makes the method specific for nonnarcotic analgesics. The intraperitoneal… 
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