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scopolamine

n. an anticholinergic drug found as an alkaloid in henbane and related plants. Its most common therapeutic use is for the prevention of motion sickness; in the past, it was sometimes used in labor to produce twilight sleep (a conscious but drowsy state with lack of sensitivity to pain) and amnesia for the event. Small doses can have a sedative effect, but large doses may cause restlessness, agitation, or delirium. Also called hyoscine. U.S. trade names: Scopace; Transderm-Scop.

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