Avtor/Urednik		Est, M
Naslov		Farmakodinamika in farmakokinetika najvažnejših psihoaktivnih snovi
Prevedeni naslov		Pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties of the most commonly used psychoactive substances
Tip		članek
Vir		Med Razgl
Vol. in št.		Letnik 32, št. Suppl 4
Leto izdaje		1993
Obseg		str. 157-62
Jezik		slo
Abstrakt		Psychoactive substances either depress or stimulate the central nervous system. Both groups comprise some widely abused intoxicating drugs. Psychoactive drugs alter the processes related to mediators of the receptors. Their effects on the organism depend on the chemical composition of the drug, and on the mechanisms regulated by the body. Agents used primarily for the therapeutic purposes include neuroleptics, anxiolytic sedatives, antidepresants and stimulants, whereas brain depressant agents and stimulants, such as psychotomimetics are a wider sense, ethanol may also be considered as one of these substances. It is difficult, however, to draw a line between addictive psychoactive drugs and medicines in the strict sense of the word.
Deskriptorji		PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC HALLUCINOGENS ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS ANALGESICS, OPIOID BARBITURATES