Tranquilizing Agents [trankvilizéry]
- Terms
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ataraktika
trankvilizační látky
trankvilizační účinky
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Ataractics
Tranquilizing Drugs
Tranquilizing Effect
Tranquilizing Effects
Tranquillizing Agents
Tranquillizing Drugs
A traditional grouping of drugs said to have a soothing or calming effect on mood, thought, or behavior. Included here are the ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS (minor tranquilizers), ANTIMANIC AGENTS, and the ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS (major tranquilizers). These drugs act by different mechanisms and are used for different therapeutic purposes.
- Annotation
- general or unspecified; prefer specifics; note entry term TRANQUILIZING EFFECT: use only for the tranquilizing effect of a chemical substance
- DUI
- D014149 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0021769
Allowable subheadings
- AD
- administration & dosage 60
- AE
- adverse effects 76
- AG
- agonists 0
- AN
- analysis 14
- AI
- antagonists & inhibitors 1
- BL
- blood 6
- CF
- cerebrospinal fluid 0
- CS
- chemical synthesis 30
- CH
- chemistry 4
- CL
- classification 6
- EC
- economics 0
- HI
- history 2
- IM
- immunology 1
- IP
- isolation & purification 2
- ME
- metabolism 14
- PK
- pharmacokinetics 2
- PD
- pharmacology 40
- PO
- poisoning 3
- RE
- radiation effects 0
- ST
- standards 0
- SD
- supply & distribution 1
- TU
- therapeutic use 151
- TO
- toxicity 10
- UR
- urine 4