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This section looks at the different (chemical and common) names of drugs, from various perspectives.
| Acetyl salicylic acid |
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Aspirin |
| Stimulant alkaloid, C8H10N 4O2, found in tea and coffee |
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Caffeine (theine) |
| Methamphetamine (a stimulant to the central nervous system, discovered in 1893) |
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Crystal meth |
A type of benzodiazepine, used for its calming effect;
was originally (and still is) marketed as valium
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Diazepam |
| Methylene–dioxy–meth–amphetamine (MDMA)
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Ecstasy |
| Diamorphine hydrochloride or diacetyl morphine (diamorphine) |
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Heroin |
| Common name for a drug formed by mixing alcohol with chloral hydrate |
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Mickey Finn |
| Fluoxetine hydrochloride |
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Prozac |
| Drinamyl (triangular blue pills, popular with Mods in the 1960s) |
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Purple hearts |
| Flunitrapezam
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Rohypnol |
| Restoril and Normison are brand names for (a benzodiazepine, used for treating insomnia)
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Temazepam |
| Diazepam was originally (and still is) marketed as |
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Valium |
| Sildenafil is the generic name for a drug that is marketed as |
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Viagra |
This section gives the chemical name of a chemical and asks for the common name.
| Ethylene glycol |
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Antifreeze |
| Sodium bicarbonate
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Baking soda |
| Sodium hydrogen carbonate |
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Bicarbonate of soda |
| Sodium tetraborate (used in various household laundry and cleaning products) |
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Borax |
| Silicon carbide (trade name) |
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Carborundum |
| Tri–chloro–methane |
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Chloroform |
| 2–chloro benzano malono nitrile – discovered in 1928 by (and named after ) Ben Corson and Roger Stoughton at Middlebury College, Vermont; developed and tested at Porton Down; used as a riot control agent |
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CS gas |
| Di–chloro–di–phenyl–tri–chloro–ethane (hyphens included here for clarity only) |
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DDT |
| Deoxy–ribo–nucleic acid (hyphens included here for clarity only) |
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DNA |
| (Hydrated) magnesium sulphate – used medicinally as a purgative |
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Epsom salts |
| Because the ammonia that they contain was historically distilled from shavings from deer horns and hooves, smelling salts are sometimes known as spirit of |
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Hartshorn |
| Deuterium oxide |
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Heavy water |
| Short name (from a former chemical name) commonly used by photographers for sodium thiosulphate (pentahydrate),
used as fixer |
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Hypo |
| Hydrated calcium sulphate – sets hard when mixed with water and dried |
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Plaster of Paris |
| Iron hexa–cyano–ferrate – one of the first synthetic pigments (a deep blue colour) |
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Prussian Blue |
| Calcium oxide |
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Quicklime (lime, burnt lime) |
| Solution of ammonium carbonate, used as smelling salts |
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Sal volatile |
| Silicon dioxide (the most common mineral) |
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Silica |
| Oil of vitriol (archaic name)
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Sulphuric acid |
| Hydrated magnesium silicate |
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Talc |
| Tri–chloro–phenyl–methyl–iodo–salicyl (trichlorophenol) |
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TCP |
| Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin |
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Teflon |
| Ascorbic (ass–ORB–ic) acid |
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Vitamin C |
| Sodium carbonate (crystalline decahydrate of) – when used as a water softener |
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Washing soda |
| Oxide (zirconium dioxide – ZrO2), used as a diamond substitute |
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Zirconia |
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