Coluracetam vs. Drug

Coluracetamnoun

A nootropic racetam drug with potential use in prevention and treatment of ischemic retinopathy and retinal and optic nerve injury.

Drugnoun

(pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.

‘Aspirin is a drug that reduces pain, acts against inflammation and lowers body temperature.’; ‘The revenues from both brand-name drugs and generic drugs have increased.’;

Coluracetam

Coluracetam (INN) (code name BCI-540; formerly MKC-231) is a nootropic agent of the racetam family. & also a bioisosurrogate of the 9-amino-tetrahydroacridine family.

Drugnoun

A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.

Drugnoun

Anything, such as a substance, emotion, or action, to which one is addicted.

Drugnoun

Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand.

Drugverb

(transitive) To administer intoxicating drugs to, generally without the recipient's knowledge or consent.

‘She suddenly felt strange, and only then realized she'd been drugged.’;

Drugverb

(transitive) To add intoxicating drugs to with the intention of drugging someone.

‘She suddenly felt strange. She realized her drink must have been drugged.’;

Drugverb

(intransitive) To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines.

Drugverb

(dialect) drag

‘You look like someone drug you behind a horse for half a mile.’;

Drugverb

To drudge; to toil laboriously.

Drugverb

To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines.

Drugverb

To affect or season with drugs or ingredients; esp., to stupefy by a narcotic drug. Also Fig.

‘The laboring masses . . . [were] drugged into brutish good humor by a vast system of public spectacles.’; ‘Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it.’;

Drugverb

To tincture with something offensive or injurious.

‘Drugged as oft,With hatefullest disrelish writhed their jaws.’;

Drugverb

To dose to excess with, or as with, drugs.

‘With pleasure drugged, he almost longed for woe.’;

Drugnoun

A drudge .

Drugnoun

Any animal, vegetable, or mineral substance used in the composition of medicines.

‘Whence merchants bringTheir spicy drugs.’;

Drugnoun

Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand; - used often in the phrase "a drug on the market".

‘And virtue shall a drug become.’;

Drugnoun

any stuff used in dyeing or in chemical operations.

Drugnoun

any substance intended for use in the treatment, prevention, diagnosis, or cure of disease, especially one listed in the official pharmacopoeia published by a national authority.

Drugnoun

any substance having psychological effects, such as a narcotic, stimulant, or hallucinogenic agent, especially habit-forming and addictive substances, sold or used illegally; as, a drug habit; a drug treatment program; a teenager into drugs; a drug bust; addicted to drugs; high on drugs.

‘They [smaller and poorer nations] have lined up to recount how drug trafficking and consumption have corrupted their struggling economies and societies and why they are hard pressed to stop it.’;

Drugnoun

a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic

Drugverb

administer a drug to;

‘They drugged the kidnapped tourist’;

Drugverb

use recreational drugs

Drugnoun

a medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body

‘a new drug aimed at sufferers from Parkinson's disease’;

Drugnoun

a substance taken for its narcotic or stimulant effects, often illegally

‘a cocaine-based drug’; ‘mass adoration is a highly addictive drug’;

Drugverb

administer a drug to (someone) in order to induce stupor or insensibility

‘they were drugged to keep them quiet’;

Drugverb

add a drug to (food or drink).

Drugverb

take illegally obtained drugs

‘she was convinced he was out drinking and drugging’;

Drug

A drug is any substance that causes a change in an organism's physiology or psychology when consumed. Drugs are typically distinguished from food and substances that provide nutritional support.