Narcotics are used in medicine to inhibit pain.
A narcotic is a substance that causes drowsiness or sleep, muscle relaxation , and a dulling of sensation. The term comes from a Greek word that means "numbing."
For example: "We are going to increase the dose of narcotics for the patient in room 231" , "The player was forced to take so many narcotics that he ended up decomposed" , "The singer was found with narcotics in his car" .
Narcotics in medicine
Most narcotics inhibit the transmission of nerve signals associated with pain . The psychoactive effects of these substances, such as anesthesia or analgesia , make them very common in medicine .
Within the field of health, we have to say that there are so-called narcotic analgesics whose main objective is to relieve the patient of very intense pain. Morphine, codeine and hydromorphone are some of the medications that fall within this group and all of them are identified, among other things, by the fact that it is advisable not to take them for more than four months in a row.
Drowsiness, constipation, nausea, disturbances in judgment or even some type of itching are some of the adverse effects that people who take these narcotics may experience. They are also informed that when they are in this treatment they cannot drink alcohol or get behind the wheel of any type of heavy machinery.
Many plants have narcotic components.
illegal drugs
Beyond their legal use, narcotics are trafficked throughout the world for consumption that is not linked to medicinal use. Narcotics are also used to generate euphoria or distort reality, such as opium .
In this sense, the term narcotic is often used as a synonym for drug . It can be said that a narcotic is a substance that has the ability to alter the psychological and/or physical state of a person in a wide range.
This type of substance can produce a state of drowsiness, change mood, paralyze the body or generate motor excitement, among other things.
Precisely due to the fact that there is significant narcotics trafficking, it is common for there to be specialized departments within the police forces of different countries. Members of these areas will be dedicated to stopping traffickers and also putting an end to large operations for the sale and purchase of these drugs.
Narcotics are prosecuted in the field of sport to prevent athletes from trying to gain an illegitimate advantage. An athlete who consumes a narcotic to reduce anxiety will be altering his body to have a better chance of achieving victory, which is unfair to those who only use their body without extra help.
Song “Narcotic Love”
To all this, we could add that there is a song that precisely uses the term we are now using in its title.
We are referring to the composition "Narcotic Love" , which is composed by Chichi Peralta and which, specifically, addresses how the feeling that is considered to move the world can make any person feel truly trapped by another person in every sense. .