CHAPTER 13: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS AND RELATED DRUGS

Question 1

amphetamines

Answer 1

a class of stimulants drugs that includes amphetamine sulfate and all of its drug derivatives

Question 2

analeptics

Answer 2

CNS stimulants that have generalized effects not he brainstem and spinal cord, which produce an increase in responsiveness to external stimuli and stimulate respiration

Question 3

anorexiants

Answer 3

drugs used to control or suppress appetite

Question 4

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Answer 4

a syndrome characterized by difficulty in mainting concentration on a given task and/or hyperactive behavior; may affect children, adolescents and adults.

Question 5

cataplexy

Answer 5

a condition characterized by abrupt attacks of muscular weakness and hypotonia triggered by an emotional stimulus such as joy, laughter, anger, fear or surprise. It is associated with narcolepsy

Question 6

CNS stimulants

Answer 6

drugs that stimulate specific areas of the brain or spinal cord

Question 7

ergot alkaloids

Answer 7

drugs that narrow or contract blood vessels in the brain and provide relief of pain for certain migraine headaches

Question 8

migrane

Answer 8

a common type of recurring painful headache characterized by a pulsatile or throbbing quality, incapacitating pain, and photophobia

Question 9

narcolepsy

Answer 9

a syndrome characterized by sudden sleep attacks, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and visual or auditory hallucinations at the onset of sleep

Question 10

serotonin receptor agonists

Answer 10

a class of CNS stimulants used to treat migraine headaches; they work by stimulating 5-hydroxytrytamine 1 receptors in the brain and are sometimes referred to as selective receptor agonists or triptans

Question 11

sympathomimetic drugs

Answer 11

CNS stimulants such as noradrenergic drugs (and, to a lesser degree, dopaminergic drugs) whose actions resemble or mimic those of the sympathetic nervous system