What does «analépticos» mean in Spanish?
- In general, any substance or food that serves to replenish strength and stimulate the body.
- Drugs that increase the functional activity of cells, tissues and organs. They allow, for example, a comatose or fainting patient to regain consciousness. They act especially on the cardiac control center and the respiratory control center of the brain. Examples of analeptics: adrenaline, caffeine, camphor, ephedrine and strychnine. They generally act by lowering the threshold of excitation to stimuli, making an organ susceptible to impulses that previously could not reach it.