Drilldown: Medicines

Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) (1) · Phencyclidine (1)

Generic; huge OTC presence (1) · Sernyl (human, withdrawn 1965); Sernylan (veterinary, withdrawn 1978) (1)

[[:Category:Anesthetics|Anesthetic (historical)]] (1) · [[:Category:Antioxidants|Antioxidant]] (1) · [[:Category:Arylcyclohexylamines|Arylcyclohexylamine]] (1) · [[:Category:Dissociatives|Dissociative]] (1) · [[:Category:NMDA_receptor_antagonists|NMDA receptor antagonist]] (1) · [[:Category:Sigma-1_receptor_agonists|Sigma-1 receptor agonist]] (1) · [[:Category:Vitamins|Vitamin]] (1) · [[:Category:Water-soluble_vitamins|Water-soluble vitamin]] (1)

None (2)

'"`UNIQ--vote-00000063-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000064-QINU`"' (1) · '"`UNIQ--vote-000012E5-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-000012E6-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-000012E7-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-000012E8-QINU`"' (1)

General supplementation 75-90 mg/d (RDA); scurvy treatment 100-1000 mg/d for several weeks; megadose claims unsupported (1) · No current medical indication. Historical anesthetic dose 0.25 mg/kg IV (Sernyl). (1)

100, 250, 500, 1000 mg tablets, chewables, gummies, effervescent; IV (specialty) (1) · Historical: Sernyl 25 mg tablets, 10 mg/mL injection (human); Sernylan 100 mg/mL injection (veterinary). Illicit: white crystalline powder, oily liquid, "dipped" cigarettes ("wet"), tablets. (1)

N/A (no current medical indication) (1) · UL 2000 mg/d in adults (1)

None · Oral · IV · Topical · IM · intranasal · rectal · Subcutaneous · Topical ophthalmic · ophthalmic · intramuscular · intravenous · transdermal · vaginal · Subcutaneous (abdomen · sublingual · thigh · Inhaled · SC · intra-articular

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Days for symptom improvement in scurvy (1) · Smoked 2-5 min; insufflated 5-15 min; oral 30-60 min; IV / IM ~5-15 min (1)

None · 24 hours · 4-6 hours · 12 hours · 6-8 hours · Daily dosing · 8-12 hours · 12-24 hours · Hours · Hours per application · 24 hours (HS dosing) · 24 hours (once-daily dosing) · 24 h · N/A · N/A (replacement) · Variable · ~7-8 hours · 3-5 hours · 4-6 hours (IR); 24 hours (ER) · 6-12 hours

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Highly variable, 7-46 hours (mean ~21 h); lipophilic deposition in fat with delayed re-release contributes to wide range'"`UNIQ--ref-00000065-QINU`"' (1) · ~10-20 days (steady-state body pool); single dose plasma ~2 hours (1)

~70-90% at typical doses; saturable at high doses (>500 mg) (1) · ~72% oral; ~85% smoked'"`UNIQ--ref-00000066-QINU`"' (1)

None (1) · Safe at routine doses; routinely supplemented in pregnancy.<sup class="pcp-cn" title="This claim needs a citation.">&#91;[[Pharmacopedia:Citation needed|citation&nbsp;needed]]&#93;</sup> (1)

OTC in US (1) · [[USLegal:DEA Schedule II|Schedule II]] controlled substance in US (rescheduled from Schedule III in 1978). No accepted medical use. UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances Schedule II internationally.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000067-QINU`"' (1)