Chapter 7: Self adminstration in humans

Question 0

Latrogenic effect?

Answer 0

• prescription of physician
• common cause of self administration of BDZs
• physical dependance if too high of a dose or for too long
• will be taught ways to lessen/resist withdrawal urges to continue use after need is no longer there medically.

Question 1

BARBs are ____ self administered and chosen while BZDs are not.

Answer 1

reliably

Question 2

Survey results show that the typical user of BZDs for anxiolytic purposes are: 4

Answer 2

1. female
2. over 50
3. suffering from substantial anxiety
4. experiencing some sig health probs

Question 3

Street use?

- BZDs are ___ taken alone by recreational users but concurrently with what 3?

Answer 3

seldom

-alcohol, opiates or methadone

Question 4

Student street use has varied over time but has not differed in?

Answer 4

variations between genders.

Question 5

Sedative Hypnotic use in past year (males and female students)
Anxiolytic use

Answer 5

-spiked in 80, 86,01
-spiked in 86 for males, 04
basically they match up for drug use in either…..
generally going up