Narcotinum
Noscapine · Plant · Papaveraceae
Narcotinum suits patients in a pleasurable, calm, but mentally unfocused state with opium-like narcosis and vertigo. The most distinctive feature is paralysis of the bladder combined with clammy mouth and thick speech. General symptoms resemble Opium and its other alkaloids, particularly in vertiginous and somnolent aspects.
Key symptoms
- Dry and clammy mouth with thick indistinct speech
- Paralysis of the bladder
- Vertigo and nausea worse on motion or exertion
- Mazy confused sensation in head
- Calm placid pleasurable sensation; difficulty fixing attention
- Sudden nausea and vomiting on least exertion; vomiting relieves all symptoms
- Eyes congested with blurred vision; pupils contracted
Worse (aggravation)
- Motion or exertion (vertigo and nausea)
- Least exertion (nausea and vomiting)
Better (amelioration)
- Vomiting (relieves all symptoms)
An alkaloid obtained from Opium. C22H23NO7. Trituration.
Clinical
Bladder, paralysis of.
Characteristics
Narcotinum has been rather extensively proved, but very few distinctive symptoms were elicited. The most notable symptoms were dry, clammy mouth; thick, indistinct speech, and paralysis of bladder. The vertiginous symptoms were like those of Morphin., and the general symptoms those of Opium and its other alkaloids.
1. Mind
Calm, placid, pleasurable sensation.─Difficulty in fixing attention.
2. Head
Mazy, confused sensation.─Vertigo and nausea < on motion or exertion.─Headache and roaring in head.
3. Eyes
Eyes congested.─Vision blurred.─Pupils contracted.
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