Please List Narcotics and WebSites With Info on Them? (Need for Health Class)?

Question by Nick: Please List Narcotics And WebSites With Info On Them? (Need for Health Class)?
So, in my HOPE Class (Basically health class) we’re learning about prescription drugs, whats in them, and how people become addicted and what addicts them. I have to do a 2 page report on prescription drugs (narcotics like xanax) so can anyone list more examples and sites with info on them? What’s in them, what the ingredients do, addictions, side effects etc. Please name as many narcotics as possible and any website links are appreciated!
Need mainly narcotics that have been known for substance abuse. I appreciate the list but it’s huge, just need 5-10 which are preferably known to be abused.

Best answer:

Answer by Helen M
Sounds like a great class!

First of all, though Xanax is often abused, isn’t a narcotic, it’s a benzodiazepine. Narcotics relieve pain; benzos relieve anxiety.

I’m going to list drugs and give you the rxlist websites for all of them, and you can find anything there I left out. The potential side effects for most narcotics are basically the same. Somnolence (sleepiness), feeling of euphoria, itchiness, slowing down of the gastroesophageal function (causing constipation), and suppression of the breathing function of the central nervous system (which is how Michael Jackson died. He died from two medications in classes other than narcotics, however, they both suppressed breathing to the point that he stopped. Heath Ledger died the same way, from narcotics, benzodiazepines and antihistamines).

At the top probably is fentanyl. Fentanyl is 90 times stronger than morphine, so it has to be used very carefully. In a home setting it would be abused by fentanyl (Duragesic) patches, which are stuck to the skin like a Band-Aid for three days. The patch has a little reservoir inside that seeps the medication into the skin through a special filter, spreading the dosing out for three days. Many people who get and abuse fentanyl patches tear or cut the filter before applying them to the skin, getting three days’ dose all at once. This drug is not a huge problem with drug abuse because it is impossible to synthesize or make in a lab, and pretty difficult to get a prescription for. This drug is only prescribedly for heavily narcotic-addicted patients. http://www.rxlist.com/duragesic-drug.htm

Next would probably be morphine sulfate. Morphine itself can be abused, or it can be made into heroin. Both morphine and heroin metabolize into the same “metabolite,” so they would show up on a comprehensive drug test as the same thing. http://www.rxlist.com/roxanol-drug.htm (Roxanol is a brand name for morphine sulfate).

Third would be OxyContin. Oxycontin (or Oxy) is EXTREMELY addictive. It is also a time-release medication, and addicts have discovered that crushing the pill and snorting it gives a huge high. There is an epidemic right now of pharmacy robberies, the robber not taking money, but demanding Oxy instead. http://www.rxlist.com/oxycontin-drug.htm

Then comes Percocet or oxycodone (http://www.rxlist.com/percocet-drug.htm) and Vicodin or hydrocodone (http://www.rxlist.com/vicodin-drug.htm). Percocet is a little stronger than Vicodin, but Vicodin is more more readily prescribed. Vicodin is also currently the number one abused narcotic.

After Vicodin is codeine, such as Tylenol with codeine #3 or T3s. (http://www.rxlist.com/tylenol-codeine-drug.htm) Codeine is a narcotic but not as strong as oxycodone or hydrocodone.

Percocet, Vicodin and Tylenol #3 are a little harder to abuse because they are cut with Tylenol. The Tylenol helps the pain-relieving factor of the drugs; however, it is extremely harmful to the liver when more is taken than prescribed. So there it’s not so easy to down a handful of pills, and among those who have, some have survived the overdose only to die a very painful death from liver failure.

And lastly, tramadol (Ultram) is a very mild opiate/narcotic that does not cause the same euphoric side effects as the other narcotics, and thus has a smaller chance of addiction. http://www.rxlist.com/ultram-drug.htm

rxlist is the best site I’ve found for looking up drugs. It will give you more side effects for each pill, dangers of overdose, and much more.

Hope this helps! And good luck with your paper : )

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