Chapter 6: Medicine and Drugs

Question 1

Define a medicine.

Answer 1

Chemical that, when taken into or applied to the body can fight or prevent disease, relieve pain, replace a chemical deficiency, or regulate how a body organ functions

Question 2

List the 5 types of medications.

Answer 2

Antibiotics, Vaccines, Analgesics, Narcotics, and Hormones

Question 3

What is the purpose of analgesics?

Answer 3

They relieve pain with rendering the patient unconscious.

Question 4

What is the purpose of narcotics?

Answer 4

Relieve pain and promote sleep

Question 5

What is the purpose of hormone medications?

Answer 5

They replace chemical deficiencies

Question 6

What do vaccines do?

Answer 6

Release a pathogen into the bloodstream, where antibodies are produced

Question 7

What is a synergistic effect?

Answer 7

Interaction of two or more drugs to create a greater impact

Question 8

What is an antagonistic effect?

Answer 8

Effect of one medication is reduced by another

Question 9

What is an additive interaction?

Answer 9

Drugs working positively together

Question 10

What is creatine, and is it legal?

Answer 10

A legal athletic supplement that stores energy and water in the muscles, making them bigger, rounder, and fuller.

Question 11

Are anabolic steroids legal? Why or why not?

Answer 11

They are illegal because of their terrible side effects. They stunt growth, cause liver problems, hypertension, reproductive problems, tendons to snap, and mood disorders.

Question 12

What are the pros and cons of growth hormones?

Answer 12

They produce larger muscles, but also stimulate bones and body organs, leading to an early death.

Question 13

What is blood doping and why is it dangerous?

Answer 13

Self-transfusion of blood previously removed to increase oxygen in blood stream. Can cause blood thickening and cardio problems.

Question 14

What does caffeine do?

Answer 14

Provides energy for muscles by increasing fat breakdown

Question 15

What are the effects of depressants?

Answer 15

They slow body functions inducing sleep, slowing heart rate and breath, and possible death.

Question 16

List a few depressants.

Answer 16

Alcohol, sedatives, hypnotics, anti-anxiety drugs, rohypnol (“date rape”), inhalants, marijuana, and narcotics

Question 17

List a few hallucinogens.

Answer 17

LSD (trips), Ecstasy (MDMA), Marijuana

Question 18

What is the psychoactive chemical in marijuana?

Answer 18

THC

Question 19

List a few stimulants.

Answer 19

Amphetamines (“speed”), meth, ephedrine, cocaine, tobacco, marijuana

Question 20

What syndrome can infants have if their mother drank alcohol when they were in the fetus? What are its symptoms?

Answer 20

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)

Problems with growth, facial malformations, brain problems, irritability

Question 21

What are the effects of tobacco on the fetus?

Answer 21

Premature births, infant death, low birth weights, difficulty reading/learning

Question 22

What are the effects of marijuana on the fetus?

Answer 22

Increases risk of miscarriage, mental and physical developmental problems, high-pitched cries

Question 23

What is ETS and what are its effects?

Answer 23

Environmental Tobacco Smoke, or second-hand smoke is responsible for 38,000 deaths annually and asthma and middle ear infections in children.