Cordrazine Cordrazine was a strong chemical stimulant useful for emergency medical treatment . It was primarily used to stimulate the heart during cardiac arrest . The drug was a red liquid and was injected with a hypospray . In 2267 , Captain Kirk noted that cordrazine was " tricky stuff , " ( ) but by the 24th century , it had become ubiquitous and was being used by physician s in much higher doses than in Kirk ' s day . ( TNG ; DS9 ; VOY ) Uses . Hikaru Sulu , suffering from heart flutter after being shocked by the bridge console while passing through a time displacement , was revived by a few drops of cordrazine . Dr . Leonard McCoy then suffered an extreme overdose when he accidentally injected an excessive amount of the chemical into his body . ( ) Dr . McCoy also used one cc of cordrazine to revive Rizzo to consciousness . ( ) A more potent form of cordrazine , called tricordrazine , was commonly used in resuscitation in the 24th century . Dr . Beverly Crusher attempted to use tricordrazine to revive Worf after he went into heart failure , following a risky surgery using the genetronic replicator to repair his damaged spinal column . ( ) In 2369 , Crusher revived the deceased Deanna Troi with ten ccs of cordrazine used in conjunction with a cortical stimulator . ) Later that year , Crusher told her staff to prepare a cordrazine series for Jean - Luc Picard after his artificial heart had been damaged and the captain was failing fast . ( ) In 2371 , Bareil Antos was given two ccs of cordrazine by Julian Bashir and Jabara . Bashir himself was given four ccs of cordrazine several weeks later , after being placed in a coma following Altovar ' s attack . ( ) The Doctor used two ccs of cordrazine to revive Harry Kim after he was killed by a Vhnori cenotaph . ( ) On " Planet Hell " in 2372 , Neelix suggested that Tom Paris administer cordrazine to an ailing reptohumanoid infant . ( ) Bashir gave cordrazine to several Teplan s in 2372 , hoping to alleviate the pain caused by the Dominion ' s Teplan blight . Epran and Ekoria were among those given the drug , although the former had stopped responding to it before he died . Bashir was concerned that the high level of the drug he ' d administered to Ekoria might be hard on her baby ' s metabolism . ( ) The Doctor used fifty milligram s of cordrazine to stabilize Tuvok in 2373 when a gaseous anomaly unearthed repressed memories in Tuvok . ( ) Later that year , The Doctor used ten milligrams of cordrazine in conjunction with a cortical stimulator to revive Kathryn Janeway after an alien had invaded her cerebral cortex . ( ) In late 2375 , Bashir gave ten milligrams of cordrazine to Section 31 ' s Luther Sloan who had attempted suicide , although only as part of a mental simulation created by the multitronic engrammatic interpreter . ( ) In 2376 , The Doctor used twenty milligrams of cordrazine during an emergency resuscitation to revive B ' Elanna Torres from an induced catatonic state , to which she did not respond . ( ) Overdose . Excessive amounts of this drug produce temporary delirium with violent behavior , as the recipient enters into frenzies of extreme paranoia . This includes inability to recognize acquaintances and the fear of mortal danger . Those suffering from an overdose may experience occasional loss of consciousness and exhibit confusion , weakness , and high fever , pale green and red mottled skin . ( ) Twenty - five ccs of its derivative , tricordrazine , was enough to kill a Klingon . ( ) Appendices . Background information . According to the " Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual " ( p . 30 ) , the drug Cordrazine was invented on Earth in 1987 as an autonomous nervous system stimulant . It was originally used in cryogenics laboratories to stimulate the production of [ epinephrine ] and norepinephrine in the brain to restore nerve transmissions during the defrosting process . Cordrazine was also mentioned as a fictional drug in the 1968 " Mission : Impossible " episode " The Freeze " . While trying to convince a bank robber that he has been cryogenically frozen and revived eleven years later , IMF agent Rollin Hand poses as a doctor and asks the nurse to give the patient " five ccs of cordrazine " . " Mission : Impossible " was filmed on the same lot as " Star Trek " .