Drugs of Abuse

Question 1

A patient is taking a drug that is a Methylxanthine. What drugs could they be taking?

Answer 1

Caffeine
Theophyline

Question 2

What drug is taken that Increases dopamine in the pleasure system and is described as intense euphoria?

Answer 2

Cocaine

Question 3

What psychomotor stimulant drug can be used for a local anesthetic and is the only local anesthetic that causes vasoconstriction?

Answer 3

Cocaine

Question 4

You have a patient that you suspect has Horner’s Syndrome. What drug could you give the patient in order to test this? What would the results be?

Answer 4

You would give cocaine. Cocaine usually dilates the pupil but in Horner’s syndrome, NO dilation would occur.

Question 5

A patient has been taking a drug that has side effects of anxiety, depression, and has toxic effects that can induce seizures and cardiac arrythmias. What drug has these side effects?

Answer 5

Cocaine

Question 6

What is the only drug that causes death by dose and by hyperthermia?

Answer 6

Cocaine

Question 7

A patient has been taking a drug that stimulates hydrochloric acid in the stomach. This has resulted in stomach ulcers, increased urinary output, and relaxed smooth muscles of the bronchioles. What type of drug has this person been taking?

Answer 7

Methylxanthines

Caffeine
Theophylline

Question 8

What is the lethal dose for caffeine or theophylline?

Answer 8

10 grams

Question 9

What drug has a withdrawal effect of fatigue and sedation?

Answer 9

Caffeine
Theophylline

Question 10

What is the most widely consumed stimulant?

Answer 10

Caffeine

Question 11

A person wants to stop smoking, what drug would you give for that?

Answer 11

nicotine

Question 12

A student wants to take a low dose of a drug to improve attention, problem-solving, and reaction time. What drug would might they take at a low dose?

Answer 12

Nicotine

Question 13

What drug taken at high doses can cause central respiratory paralysis and severe hypotension?

Answer 13

Nicotine

Question 14

What PNS actions does nicotine have at low doses and at high doses?

Answer 14

Low doses:
Increase BP and heart rate
Decrease coronary blood flow
Increase bowel motor activity

High doses:
Decrease BP
Cease activity of GI and bladder

Question 15

Does dependence develop slowly or rapidly for nicotine?

Answer 15

Rapid dependence of nicotine

Question 16

What is the second most commonly used stimulant drug in the world?

Answer 16

Nicotine

Question 17

What is the most abused drug in the world? What is the second most abused drug in the world?

Answer 17

1) Alcohol
2) Nicotine

Question 18

What drug is used for a nicotine relapse that gives the same effect as nicotine but is weaker?

Answer 18

Verinicline

Question 19

What psychomotor stimulant was used as a mainstay of asthma therapy? Why?

Answer 19

Theophylline because it relaxed smooth muscles of the bronchioles.

Question 20

What category of drug has similar effects as cocaine?

Answer 20

Amphetamines

Question 21

A person is diagnosed with ADHD and narcolepsy, what drug class would you prescribe them?

Answer 21

Amphetamines

Question 22

What therapeutic uses do amphetamines have?

Answer 22

ADHD treament
Narcolepsy treatment

Question 23

What category of drug was initially used as a diet drug which decreased apetitie?

Answer 23

Amphetamines

Question 24

What amphetamine has a lower potential for abuse/addiction compared to cocaine and other amphetamines that is also the MOST PRESCRIBED MEDICATION FOR CHILDREN to treat ADHD?

Answer 24

Methylphenidate

Question 25

What drugs are similar to amphetamine that is specific for preventing reuptake of dopamine and used to treat narcolepsy and sleep disorders?

Answer 25

Armodafinil and Modafinil

Question 26

What hallucinogen is used to treat nausea in patients?

Answer 26

Dronabinol

Question 27

What type of hallucinogen has rare tolerance and dependence?

Answer 27

LSD

Question 28

A patient takes a drug and is experiencing adverse effects that include paranoia and increased fear, what drug might that be?

Answer 28

LSD

Question 29

A person takes a drug and cannot feel pain but is still conscious. The patient has a separation of mind and body. What drug is did this person take?

Answer 29

PCP

Question 30

A person has numbness in extremeties, staggered gait, slurred speech, and muscular rigidity, what drug may this person have taken?

Answer 30

PCP

Question 31

You see a person laying in the middle of the street in a coma. Their eyes are open. What drug may cause a coma where they keep their eyes open?

Answer 31

PCP

Question 32

What drug produces a euphoric feeling followed by drowsiness and relaxation?

Answer 32

THC

Question 33

What drug can be used therapeutically as an appetite stimulant of anti-nausea drugs?

Answer 33

THC

Question 34

A person takes a drug and feels very hungry, has visual hallucinations, delusions, and has enhanced sensory activity, what drug may this person have taken?

Answer 34

THC

Question 35

Effects of THC

Answer 35

Euphoria followed by drowsiness and relaxation
Decreased short-term memory and mental activity
Stimulation of appetite
Visual hallucinations/ delusions
Enhancement of sensory activity

Question 36

Ocular effects of THC

Answer 36

Redness of conjunctiva

Question 37

What drug can be used to decrease IOP?

Answer 37

THC

Question 38

Hallucinogens do what?

Answer 38

Induce altered perceptual states (like dreams)
Render the individual incapable of normal decision-making