abuse/addiction Flashcards
substance use disorder
using drug in a manner not intended
multiple drug intoxication
benzos; alcohol; opiates; antihistamines
DMS-5
meets that many factors for level of severity
2-3 mild
4-5 moderate
6-7 severe
larger amounts
spending a ridiculous amount of time obtaining the drug
wanting to cut down/quit but cant
craving
cants complete tasks
recurrent use in bad situation
psychological effects
wanting to quit but cant and having strong cravings
hardest part to treat
does SUD require tolerance or physical dependence?
NO
dopamine reward pathway
mesolimbic- movement (+) dillusional thinking like for schizophrenia
whats the primary DA path?
mesolimibic; orgin in ventral tegmental area of midbrain projects to nucleus accumbens (ventral striatum)
what happens from activation of mesolimbic path?
incentive salience aka wanting from learned behaviors
thinking of a reward
is more important in learning and coding memories about a reward
2 more pathway from VTA
mesocortical: cognition and feeling– disfuctional is schizophrenia
from VTA to amyglada and hippocampus for processing memories from experiences
glutamate pathway
major excitatory in brain
acts on NMDA , AMPA, and kainate all which are involved in learning
glutamate pathway
neuroadaptation?
activation of dopamine and glutamate pathways — take place during learning could be good or bad
natural reward
sex food shelter
unnatural reward
drugs
natural and unnatural rewards
both involve activation of the dopamine glutamate pathway which leads to neurological neuroadaptation to leaning in the end you either
change behavior adaptive which is crucial for survival
or maladaptive behavior which is drug use can be harmful to survival
conditioned stimuli
creates expectation of the reward
ex smelling food or visioning before
uncondition stimuli
are rewarding activities themselves the sex, eating, gambling actually doing it
become associated with the conditioned stimuli which is like visualizing or smelling when thinking about doing the sex, eating, or gambling
expectation of the reward
motivation to obtain reward (incentive salience)
pleasure of reward/feel good (hedonia)
how to treat addiction
take learned behavior away and minimize it
no good pharm therapy
minimize withdraw symptoms
clonidine
drug substitution
methadone, nicotine
for alcohol use disorder
disulfiram; inhibits acetaldehyde dehydrogenase
use of alcohol will cause accumulation of acetaldehyde
cause pt to feel sick
acamprosate
analoug of gaba
MOA unclear
no efficacy
naltrexone
opiate receptor antagonist
not good efficacy
use with a program