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Hallucinogen Antagonist
A trip killer, also known as a hallucinogen antidote or hallucinogen antagonist, is a drug that aborts or reduces the effects of a hallucinogenic drug experience (or 'trip'). As there are different types of hallucinogens that work in different ways, there are different types of trip killers. They can completely block or reduce the effects of hallucinogens, or they can simply provide anxiety relief and sedation. Examples of trip killers, in the case of serotonergic psychedelics, include serotonin receptor antagonists, such as antipsychotics like risperidone and quetiapine and certain antidepressants like trazodone and mirtazapine, and benzodiazepines, for instance diazepam and alprazolam. Trip killers can be used clinically to manage effects of hallucinogens, like hallucinogenic effects, anxiety, and psychomotor agitation, for instance in the emergency department and in the setting of psychedelic therapy. They are also sometimes used by recreational psychedelic users as a form o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chemical Structure
A chemical structure of a molecule is a spatial arrangement of its atoms and their chemical bonds. Its determination includes a chemist's specifying the molecular geometry and, when feasible and necessary, the electronic structure of the target molecule or other solid. Molecular geometry refers to the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule and the chemical bonds that hold the atoms together and can be represented using structural formulae and by molecular models; complete electronic structure descriptions include specifying the occupation of a molecule's molecular orbitals. Structure determination can be applied to a range of targets from very simple molecules (e.g., diatomic oxygen or nitrogen) to very complex ones (e.g., such as protein or DNA). Background Theories of chemical structure were first developed by August Kekulé, Archibald Scott Couper, and Aleksandr Butlerov, among others, from about 1858. These theories were first to state that chemical compounds are not a ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
