The body tends to develop tolerance for CNS depressants, and larger doses are needed to achieve the same effects.
Most CNS depressants have the potential to be physically and psychologically addictive.
CNS depressants should be administered to elderly individuals with care, as these individuals have a reduced ability to metabolize CNS depressants.
Certain herbal remedies, such as Valerian and Kava, may dangerously exacerbate the effects of certain CNS depressants
Especially when taken in excess, CNS depressants can cause confusion and dizziness, and impair judgment, memory, intellectual performance, and motor coordination.
When mixed together, CNS depressants tend to amplify each other's effects, which can cause severely reduced heart rate and even death.
Central nervous system (CNS) depressants are typically synthetically produced in pharmaceutical laboratories. They can be made by chemical synthesis or derived from natural sources. Common CNS depressants include benzodiazepines, barbiturates, and alcohol, and each type is synthesized using specific chemical reactions and processes to achieve their desired effects on the central nervous system.
is depreesants classified according to the degree they decrease cns activity
Street names for CNS depressants include Reds, Yellows, Blues, Ludes, Barbs, and Downers.
they are both cns depressants, talk to your docter
Anti-depressants are named for their ability to treat depression (anti-depression). But in order for these medications to work, they typically decrease or "depress" the ability of the central nervous system (CNS) to respond to stimuli. For that reason, "depressants" are used as anti-depressants.
Alcohol is a Central Nervous System (CNS) depressant. It is also a neurotoxin.
Barbitturates communly known as CNS depressants, they show their action by stimulation the inhibitory pathway in CNS i.e they stimulate GABA (gamma Aminobutyric acid) there by decreasing the excitation of Cns and causes sedation or hypnosis.