Drug abuse

Question 1

Drug Abuse

Answer 1

• use of any substance until adverse reaction on health or ability to function

Question 2

drug dependence (psychological)

Answer 2

habituation, mind determins a need

Question 3

drug dependence (physical)

Answer 3

addiction, the body accommodates if drug is removed = withdrawal

Question 4

drug tolerance

Answer 4

causes chronic user to increase dose constantly to obtain an effect equal to the initial dose

Question 5

cross tolerance

Answer 5

tolerance builds up to another drug that one is not consuming

Question 6

toxic range

Answer 6

increases with tolerance, but not as fast as the tolerance range

Question 7

euphoria

Answer 7

• exaggerated sense of well- being

Question 8

hallucinations

Answer 8

sense perception not founded upon objective reality

Question 9

Opiates (narcotics) effects

Answer 9

psychological dependence

Question 10

Opiates (narcotics) effects

Answer 10

physical dependence

Question 11

Opiates (narcotics) effects

Answer 11

withdrawal stages

Question 12

morphine withdrawal

Answer 12

• 6-12 hrs
  
  • anxiety, rhinorrea, lacrimation, diaphoresis, phyloerection, anorexia, nausea, diarrhea
• 48-72 hrs
  
  • hyperactivity, restlessness, insomnia

Question 13

opiates withdrawal comparisons

Answer 13

• morphine
  
  • 5-10 days
• meperidine
  
  • 3-5 days
• methadone
  
  • 10-14 days

Question 14

methadone programs benefits

Answer 14

• decrease complications
  
  • cotton fever, bacterial endocarditis, embolism, sepsis, hepatitis, HIV
• decrease crime

Question 15

Methadone programs

Answer 15

• methadone maintance
  
  • govn’t license program methadone given everyday fixed dose of methadone, given in the form of liquid
• methdone detoxifications
  
  • doses must be decreasing

NOTE:

• any doctor can detox
• 21 days period of time given with methadone (Schedule 2)

Question 16

barbiturates

Answer 16

• initial effects- excitement

(has to be done medicinal wise on barbiturates and gradually lessen dose)

• later effects- depressant, confusion, decreased sensory perception
• psychological dependence
• physical dependence
  
  • withdrawal includes: delirium, rebound excitement, orthostatic hypotension, seizures

Question 17

bezodiazepines

Answer 17

• depressant effects
• psychological dependence
• physical dependence
  
  • withdrawal included rebound excitement and insomnia

NOTE:

to get off this drug takes up to a year or more

Question 18

Stimulants

Answer 18

• Effects-
  
  • Increased alertness, increased blood pressure, weight loss, headache, incereased self confidence
• psychological dependence
• physical dependence
  
  • withdrawal includes tremor, exhaustion, disorientation, hallucinations, confusion
• toxicities
  
  • seizures caused by cocaine

NOTE:

• could be legal and illegal

Question 19

Hallucinogens

Answer 19

• LSD
  
  • unpredicted bad experiences, and flashbacks
• phencyclidine (PCP)
  
  • contributes to unusual increase in strength
  • law enforcements use taser gun to stop
• Marijuana (THC)
  
  • impaired cognition and memory, teratogenicity (birth defects)