Drugs 1

Question 1

What objective is to produce sleep, eliminate pain and reflex activity, and cause relaxation of skeletal muscles in preparation for surgery and interferes with functioning of ion channels by affecting protein and/or lipid membranes?

Answer 1

General Anesthetics

Question 2

What are known as natural pain killers?

Answer 2

Endogenous Opioid peptides

Question 3

What is known to inhibit the communication of the pain signal primarily in the brain stem and is otherwise known as endogenous morphine?

Answer 3

Endorphins

Question 4

What drugs are naturally derived from opium such as heroin, morphine, and codeine?

Answer 4

Opiates

Question 5

What is a family of opiates including natural, synthetic, and semisynthetic drug that binds to the brain’s opioid receptor that include oxycodone and hydrocodone?

Answer 5

Opioids

Question 6

T/F: all opiates are opioids, not all opioids are opiates

Answer 6

True

Question 7

What drug is effective for all pain especially dull pain, elevates pain threshold, and can cause respiratory depression leading to death and it’s antidote is Naloxone/Naltrexone?

Answer 7

Morphine

Question 8

What is a competitive antagonist at an opioid receptor?

Answer 8

Antidote

Question 9

What non-narcotic analgesic is an anti-inflammatory , decreases platelet aggregation, increases bleeding time, inhibits prostaglandin synthesis in the periphery, elevates pain threshold in thalamus, and has prostaglandins sensitize pain receptors?

Answer 9

Salicylates

Question 10

What non-narcotic analgesic is similar to aspirin and does not cause GI bleeding, uric acid retention, does not affect platelets or bleeding time, it is NOT an anti-inflammatory. Also contains Acetylcycteine which minimizes damage to liver in cases of overdose?

Answer 10

Acetaminophen

Question 11

What is effective only on body temperature abnormally elevated by pyrogens, decreases prostaglandins, but has no effect on hyperthermia caused by exercise, heat stroke, or exhaustion?

Answer 11

Antipyretics

Question 12

What are psycholeptic drugs that suppress anxiety and modify disturbed behavior at doses that are not markedly hypnotic?

Answer 12

Tranquilizers

Question 13

What kind of drugs are for mania-depression and bipolar depression?

Answer 13

Antimanics

Question 14

What increases release of catecholamines and blocks reuptake of adrenergic neurotransmitter?

Answer 14

Amphetamines

Question 15

What anti-depressant drug inhibits serotonin uptake?

Answer 15

Fluoxetine

Question 16

What anti-depressant drug potentiates serotonin activity in CNS?

Answer 16

Trazodone

Question 17

What drug Increases dopamine release and inhibits reuptake, Treatment with antipsychotics for agitation and diazepam for seizures, and is also known as angel dust?

Answer 17

Phencyclidine

Question 18

What drug is used to treat alcohol abuse?

Answer 18

Disulfiram

Question 19

What are Morphine’s derivatives (Opiates)?

Answer 19

Codeine
Heroin
Hydromorphone

Question 20

What drugs are muscle relaxants?

Answer 20

Carbamates
Cyclobenzaprine
Baclofen

Question 21

What are the 2 types of Anti-histamines?

Answer 21

Ethanolamine

Piperazine

Question 22

What falls under the category of Anxiolytics?

Answer 22

BZDs
Some anti-histamines
Buspirone