Drug addiction Flashcards
1
Q
Psychoactive drugs
A
Drugs that influence subjective experience and behaviour by acting on the nervous system
2
Q
Roots of administration
A
Anywhere with mucus membrane
Where and how it’s administered affect the strength.
3
Q
Drug metabolism
A
4
Q
Drug tolerance
A
Decreased sensitivity to a drug due to prior
exposure
* Cross tolerance
* Tolerance is acquired differentially for each of a
drug’s effects
* Drug sensitization
