The five “schedules” of drugs should not be confused with the five “classes” of drugs, a different way of organizing drugs according to their main properties. The five classes of drugs are
narcotics, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and anabolic steroids.
What are the 6 classes of drugs?
When considering only their chemical makeup, there are six main classifications of drugs:
alcohol, opioids, benzodiazepines, cannabinoids, barbiturates, and hallucinogens
. Out of all the thousands of drugs that are out there, both prescription and illegal, each one can be categorized under one of these six headings.
What is a list of Schedule 5 drugs?
- cough preparations with less than 200 milligrams of codeine or per 100 milliliters (Robitussin AC)
- Lomotil.
- Motofen.
- Lyrica.
- Parepectolin.
What is a Class 3 drug?
The
drug has a potential for abuse less than the drugs in schedules 1 and 2
. The drug has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. Abuse of the drug may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence.
What is a Category 5 drug?
Schedule V
Schedule V drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as
drugs with lower potential for abuse than
Schedule IV and consist of preparations containing limited quantities of certain narcotics. Schedule V drugs are generally used for antidiarrheal, antitussive, and analgesic purposes.
What are the 7 types of drugs?
- (1) Central Nervous System (CNS) Depressants. CNS depressants slow down the operations of the brain and the body. …
- (2) CNS Stimulants. …
- (3) Hallucinogens. …
- (4) Dissociative Anesthetics. …
- (5) Narcotic Analgesics. …
- (6) Inhalants. …
- (7) Cannabis.
What are the schedule 4 drugs?
- Amobarbital (amylobarbitone)
- Anabolic and androgenic steroidal agents.
- Androisoxazole.
- AOD-9604 (CAS No. 221231-10-3)
- Barbiturates.
- Benzodiazepine derivatives.
- Benzphetamine.
- Bolandiol.
What are class drugs?
- heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and LSD are Class A drugs.
- speed, cannabis, ketamine, mephedrone and some amphetamines are Class B drugs.
- anabolic steroids, GHB and some tranquilisers are Class C drugs.
What are examples of drugs?
- alcohol.
- tobacco.
- cannabis.
- methamphetamines (e.g. MDMA) and other stimulants such as cocaine.
- new psychoactive substances — synthetic drugs.
- opioids, including heroin.
- the non-medical use of prescription drugs.
What is the pharmacology of a drug?
Pharmacology is
a branch of science that deals with the study of drugs and their actions on living systems
– that is, the study of how drugs work in the body (sometimes referred to as ‘drug actions’).
What is a schedule 1 and 2 drug?
Schedule 1: marijuana, heroin, LSD, ecstasy, and magic mushrooms
.
Schedule 2: cocaine, meth, oxycodone, Adderall, Ritalin, and Vicodin
. Schedule 3: Tylenol with codeine, ketamine, anabolic steroids, and testosterone. Schedule 4: Xanax, Soma, Darvocet, Valium, and Ambien.
What are Schedule 9 drugs?
Schedule 9 are
substances and preparations
which, by law, may only be used for research purposes. The sale, distribution, use and manufacture of such substances are strictly prohibited.
What is a Schedule 2 drug?
Schedule 2 substances are labelled ‘
Pharmacy Medicine
‘. They are available for sale from pharmacies and from licensed retailers in rural areas where no pharmacy is nearby. Many painkillers and products used to treat minor conditions such as coughs and colds are Schedule 2 substances.
What are 4 types of drugs?
- stimulants (e.g. cocaine)
- depressants (e.g. alcohol)
- opium-related painkillers (e.g. heroin)
- hallucinogens (e.g. LSD)
What are the 8 drug categories?
- Stimulants.
- Inhalants.
- Cannabinoids.
- Depressants.
- Opioids.
- Steroids.
- Hallucinogens.
- Prescription drugs.
What are the top 10 most used drugs?
- Lisinopril (Generic for Prinivil or Zestril) …
- Levothyroxine (generic for Synthroid) …
- Azithromycin (generic for Zithromax, Z-PAK) …
- Metformin (generic for Glucophage) …
- Lipitor (atorvastatin) …
- Amlodipine (generic for Norvasc) …
- Amoxicillin. …
- Hydrochlorothiazide.
