antistress

adjective

Definition of antistressnext
as in antidepressant

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  1. antidepressant
  2. analgesic
  3. anesthetic
Adjective
  • What are the side effects of the antidepressant drug Duloxetine?
    Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 24 Oct. 2024
  • For instance, in 2011, researchers at the health-care giant Kaiser Permanente used the medical records of 3.2 million individuals to find a link between autism spectrum disorders in children and their mothers’ use of antidepressant drugs.
    Craig Mundie, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
Definition of antidepressant
Adjective
  • In the study, a team of researchers led by the neuroscientists Francis Lee at Weill Cornell Medicine and Anjali Rajadhyaksha at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University blocked the rewarding properties of opioids in mice while preserving the drugs’ analgesic effects.
    Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Nettle is said to have an analgesic effect, which is said to help with joint diseases such as rheumatism or osteoarthritis.
    Katharina Walser, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of analgesic
Adjective
  • Some practitioners, like Dr. Soni, use a local anesthetic cream and ice on the area, others just go straight to injecting.
    Tori Crowther, Allure, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Multimodal analgesia uses a combination of at least two medications or anesthetic techniques, each relieving pain through distinct mechanisms.
    Heather Margonari, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of anesthetic
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