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CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS
Central nervous system (CNS) depressants are drugs that can be used to slow down brain activity.

CHARCOAL, ACTIVATED
Activated charcoal is a fine, black, odorless, and tasteless powder. It is made from wood or other materials that have been exposed to very high temperatures in an airless environment. It is then treated, or activated, to increase its ability to adsorb by reheating with oxidizing gas or other chemicals to break it into a very fine powder. Activated charcoal is pure carbon specially processed to make it highly adsorbent of particles and gases in the body's digestive system.

CHEST DRAINAGE THERAPY
Chest drainage therapy involves the removal of air, blood, pus, or other secretions from the chest cavity.

CHEST PHYSICAL THERAPY
Chest physical therapy is the term for a group of treatments designed to improve respiratory efficiency, promote expansion of the lungs, strengthen respiratory muscles, and eliminate secretions from the respiratory system.

CHOLESTEROL-REDUCING DRUGS
Cholesterol-reducing drugs are medicines that lower the amount of cholesterol (a fat-like substance) in the blood.

CHOLINERGIC DRUGS
Cholinergic drugs are medications that produce the same effects as the parasympathetic nervous system.

CONTRACEPTION
Contraception (birth control) prevents pregnancy by interfering with the normal process of ovulation, fertilization, and implantation. There are different kinds of birth control that act at different points in the process.

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