Which anti depressant would you recommend for someone who can not take hormones?
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Depressant
Synonyms for "depressant" (125 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (38)
chloral hydratecodeinecodeine cough syrupdemeroldepressingdepressivedepressordialdiscouragingdishearteningdismaldispiritingdollydolophinedowndownerdrearygloomygoofballh
Related words (62)
mmeperidinemethadonemickey finnmorphiamorphinenarcoticnembutalnembutal pillopiateopiumoppressivepacifierpain killerparaldehydeparegoricpen yanpentobarbitalphenobarbitalphenobarbital sodium
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Noun(5 words)
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13 entriesagentchemicaldescriptive adjectivedrugdrug of abusemedicamentmedicationmedicinal drugmedicinepharmacological descriptorstreet drugsubstancesubstance attribute
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10 entriesalcoholbarbituratebenzodiazepinecardiac depressantethanolhypnoticneural depressantopioidrespiratory depressantsedative
Collocations
11 entriesCNS depressantalcohol depressantbarbiturate depressantbenzodiazepine depressantcentral nervous system depressantdepressant actiondepressant drugdepressant effectdepressant mechanismdepressant propertiesprescribed depressant
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
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Sample sentences
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Alcohol acts first as a stimulant and then as a depressant.
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The prescription painkiller Emily Jackson took is a respiratory depressant that slows breathing. That in combination with the alcohol, another respiratory depressant, overwhelmed her brain, which stopped giving her heart and lungs the signal to keep functioning.
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On the opposite end of the drug side effect spectrum are downers. This slang term refers to CNS depressants, the types of drugs that produce a sedative effect by slowing down the messages sent and received between the central nervous system and the brain.
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