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This is the list of Schedule II controlled substances in the United States as defined by the Controlled Substances Act. [ 1] The following findings are required for substances to be placed in this schedule: [ 2] The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse. The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in ...
Antiarrhythmic agents, also known as cardiac dysrhythmia medications, are a class of drugs that are used to suppress abnormally fast rhythms ( tachycardias ), such as atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia and ventricular tachycardia . Many attempts have been made to classify antiarrhythmic agents.
According to the biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS) drug substances are classified to four classes upon their solubility and permeability: [1] Class I - high permeability, high solubility. Example: metoprolol, paracetamol [2] Those compounds are well absorbed and their absorption rate is usually higher than excretion.
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) maintains lists regarding the classification of illicit drugs (see DEA Schedules).It also maintains List I of chemicals and List II of chemicals, which contain chemicals that are used to manufacture the controlled substances/illicit drugs.
Amphetamine[ note 2 ] (contracted from a lpha - m ethyl ph en et hyl amine) is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), narcolepsy, and obesity. Amphetamine was discovered as a chemical in 1887 by Lazăr Edeleanu, and then as a drug in the late 1920s. [ 25 ]
Class I recalls are for dangerous or defective products that predictably could cause serious health problems or death. Examples of products that could fall into this category are a food found to contain botulinal toxin, food with undeclared allergens, a label mix-up on a life saving drug, or a defective artificial heart valve. Class II
In the United Kingdom, morphine is listed as a Class A drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and a Schedule 2 Controlled Drug under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. In the United States , morphine is classified as a Schedule II controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act under main Administrative Controlled Substances Code ...
[2] [137] Bupropion is a small-molecule compound with the molecular formula C 13 H 18 ClNO and a molecular weight of 239.74 g/mol. [138] [139] It is a highly lipophilic compound, [2] with an experimental log P of 3.6. [138] [139] Pharmaceutically, bupropion is used mainly as the hydrochloride salt but also to a lesser extent as the hydrobromide ...