Ch. 17

Question 1

Drugs that are used to treat or prevent disease.

Answer 1

Medicines.

Question 2

Substances other than food that change the structure or function of the body or mind.

Answer 2

Drugs.

Question 3

The study of medicines/drugs

Answer 3

Pharmacology.

Question 4

4 things that medicines can do. 4 categories.

Answer 4

1. Help prevent disease.
2. Fights pathogens.
3. Relieve pain.
4. Promote Health.

Question 5

Negative effects of medicine on body:

Answer 5

1. Side effects: Reactions to medicine other than the one intended.
2. Tolerance: Body becomes used to medicine (doesn’t work)
3. Addiction: Physical and psychological body’s dependence.
4. Withdrawal: Physical and psychological symptoms of stopping medication/drug.

Question 6

Approves all medicines/drugs (safety)

Answer 6

FDA - Food and Drug Administration.

Question 7

2 types of FDA:

Answer 7

1. Prescription medicine: Approval of doctor.
2. Over-the-counter medicines: No prescription needed.

Question 8

Medications prescribed by doctors to treat persistent or serve pain.

Answer 8

Opioids.

Question 9

Most common forms of opioids:

Answer 9

Morphine, Codeine and Fentanyl.

Question 10

Brand names:

Answer 10

Vicodin, Percocet and OxyContin.

Question 11

Medicine Misuse (don’t)

Answer 11

1. Don’t take someone else’s prescription.
2. Don’t take too much or too little.
3. Don’t stop before all pills gone.
4. Don’t mix medicines.

Question 12

Unnecessary or improper use of chemical substances for nonmedical purposes.

Answer 12

Substance/drug abuse.

Question 13

Chemical substances that people may manufacture, posses, buy or sell. (Street drugs)

Answer 13

Illegal drugs.

Question 14

Synthetic substances that are similar to the male sex hormone testosterone.

Answer 14

Anabolic-Androgenic steroids.

Question 15

Anabolic:

Answer 15

Muscle building.

Question 16

Androgenic:

Answer 16

Increased male characteristics.

Question 17

Used to increase muscle and athletic performance.

Answer 17

Anabolic and androgenic steroids.

Question 18

Factors that influence teen illegal drug use:

Answer 18

1. Peer pressure.
2. Family.
3. Role Models.
4. Media.

Question 19

Health consequences of drugs:

Answer 19

• Physical: Hepatitis, HIV, Overdose - Strong, sometimes fatal reaction.
• Mental: Alters brain (loss control, reasoning, lead to mental illness!).
• Social: Affects relationships, lead to crime, suicide, etc.

Question 20

Addiction Cycle:

Answer 20

1. Tolerance: Body needs more.
2. Psychological dependence: Person believes he needs the drug to feel good.
3. Physiological dependence: Person has a chemical need for the drug.
4. Addiction.

Question 21

6 major categories of drugs:

Answer 21

1. Marijuana (cannabis)
2. Inhalants: Substances whose fumes are sniffed and inhaled to alter the mind.
3. Stimulants: Drugs that speed up the CNS.
4. Depressants: Drugs that tend to slow down the CNS.
5. Narcotics: Drugs that are obtainable only by prescription and are used to relieve pain.
6. Hallucinogens: Drugs that alter moods, thoughts, and sense perceptions, including vision, hearing, smell and touch.