Drugs Basic Terms

Question 1

Drug

Answer 1

Any substance that causes a change in a person’s physical or psychological state

Question 2

Medicine

Answer 2

A drug used to cure, prevent, or treat illness

Question 3

Good medicine has these qualities

Answer 3

Effectiveness, safe, and minor/minimal side effects

Question 4

Prescription

Answer 4

A written order from a doctor for specific medicine and amount of the medicine

Question 5

Over-the-counter medicine

Answer 5

Purchased without prescription. Sold on the shelves of stores and pharmacies

Question 6

6 ways drugs enter the body

Answer 6

Implanted pump (insulin), inhalation, injection, transdermal (patches), ingestion, and topical (absorbed through skin)

Question 7

Tolerance

Answer 7

The cells of the body change and adapt, now more of the drug is needed to feel the original effects

Question 8

Dependence

Answer 8

The drug of choice must be in your system at all times for you to function at day to day activities, withdrawal symptoms develop upon cessation

Question 9

Addiction

Answer 9

A condition of the brain’s reward system in which people pursue a relief/reward by substance use. Cannot control drug use. Can be physical and psychological

Question 10

Drug abuse

Answer 10

A person takes a drug for no medical reason

Question 11

Drug Misuse

Answer 11

A person medically uses a drug but takes the wrong amount, skips days, or wrong method of intake