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11. Intro to treatment Flashcards

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What is addiction

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A treatable disease that affects brain function and behavior

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True or false: treatment is right for everyone

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False: no single treatment is right for all

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What does effective treatment need to address

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All of the patients needs, not just their drug use

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Internal barriers to treatment

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  1. Stigma
  2. psychological (ie depression)
  3. Personal beliefs
  4. Attitudes about abuse
  5. Attitudes about treatment
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5
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What is the biggest public opinion lifestyle factor

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Do not want a drug addict as a neighbor

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External barriers to treatment

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  1. Financial
  2. time conflict
  3. Logistics
  4. Limited availability and accessibility
  5. Enforced treatment
  6. Accessibility to drugs
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7
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What is harm reduction

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A public health approach which minimize the problems associated with use. Alternative to moral, criminal and medical disease models

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Effectiveness of Insite Vancouver

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Decreased needle sharing and reuse

Fewer people injecting

Decreased public disposal of syringes

INcreased referral to methadone maintanence treatment

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9
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Are vapes harm reduction or harmful

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Whilst not the safest, they serve as tobacco harm reduction - better alternative §

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10
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Trend for number of calls to poision centres for e-cigs

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INcrease dramatically

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11
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How are e-cigs marketed

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marketed towards teenagers, flavors to entice etc.

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What is correlation between e-cig and tobacco

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76% of teens who use e-cigs also used regular cigarettes. Dont use as a replacements but in addition

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What is detoxification

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Process of ridding the system of drugs or alcohol under supervised conditions

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Is medication readily ued in detox

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Yes. almost 8-% of detoxifications used meds

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What are 3 medications used for opioid addiction

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  1. Methadone
  2. Buprenorphine
  3. Naltrexone
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What is a receptor agonist

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A substance that has an affinity for and stimulates cell receptor by binding to it. Produces actions similar to those produced by addictive substance

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What is a receptor antagonist

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A substance that has affinity for the receptors and blocks that receptor without producing pyschological effects

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How does methadone work

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An opioid AGONIST. It occupies a receptor and activates it

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How often is methadone administered

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Once daily

20
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Where is methadone used

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Only available at certified opioid treatment programs and acute inpatient hospitals. Used in detox to prevent withdrawl symptoms

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What is a problem with methadone

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Like opioids, it is very addictive

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What is naltrexone

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An opioid antagonist

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What is naltrexone used for

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Prevents relapse, used after medically supervised withdrawal

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Problems was naltrexone

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Lead to reduced tolerance to opioids, therefore, increased risk of overdose

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What is naloxone

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An opioid antagonist used to treat opioid overdose. Anyone can carry it. Not pyschoactive, not addictive

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How does naloxone work

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It knocks the opioids off the receptors and allows the person to breathe again and reverse the overdose of the opioid

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What is buprenorphine

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An opioid partial agonist. Helps people withdraw from methadone and heroin. Reduced the need to use heroin

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How is buprenorphine administered

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Sublingual, buccal, subdermal implant, subcutaneous extended release injection

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What are the 3 medications used for alcohol addiction

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Naltrexone, Acamprosate, Disulfiram

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What does disulfiram do

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It discourages alcohol consumption, when combined with alcohol it produces nausea, headaches, heart paplitations and vomiting

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What does acamprosate do

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Helps to restore naturally occurring neurotransmitters, decreasing cravings and urges for alcohol

32
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How do the up and coming vaccines work

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Introduces a foreign substance into the body and creates antibodies that attack the substance. Substance doesn’t have the same effect afterwards

33
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Are the up and coming vaccines effective

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Promising results in animals however limited consisitent finding in adults

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