Drugs of Abuse Flashcards
A patient is taking a drug that is a Methylxanthine. What drugs could they be taking?
Caffeine
Theophyline
What drug is taken that Increases dopamine in the pleasure system and is described as intense euphoria?
Cocaine
What psychomotor stimulant drug can be used for a local anesthetic and is the only local anesthetic that causes vasoconstriction?
Cocaine
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?
You would give cocaine. Cocaine usually dilates the pupil but in Horner’s syndrome, NO dilation would occur.
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?
Cocaine
What is the only drug that causes death by dose and by hyperthermia?
Cocaine
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?
Methylxanthines
Caffeine
Theophylline
What is the lethal dose for caffeine or theophylline?
10 grams
What drug has a withdrawal effect of fatigue and sedation?
Caffeine
Theophylline
What is the most widely consumed stimulant?
Caffeine
A person wants to stop smoking, what drug would you give for that?
nicotine
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?
Nicotine
What drug taken at high doses can cause central respiratory paralysis and severe hypotension?
Nicotine
What PNS actions does nicotine have at low doses and at high doses?
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
Does dependence develop slowly or rapidly for nicotine?
Rapid dependence of nicotine
What is the second most commonly used stimulant drug in the world?
Nicotine
What is the most abused drug in the world? What is the second most abused drug in the world?
1) Alcohol
2) Nicotine
What drug is used for a nicotine relapse that gives the same effect as nicotine but is weaker?
Verinicline
What psychomotor stimulant was used as a mainstay of asthma therapy? Why?
Theophylline because it relaxed smooth muscles of the bronchioles.
What category of drug has similar effects as cocaine?
Amphetamines
A person is diagnosed with ADHD and narcolepsy, what drug class would you prescribe them?
Amphetamines
What therapeutic uses do amphetamines have?
ADHD treament
Narcolepsy treatment
What category of drug was initially used as a diet drug which decreased apetitie?
Amphetamines
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?
Methylphenidate
What drugs are similar to amphetamine that is specific for preventing reuptake of dopamine and used to treat narcolepsy and sleep disorders?
Armodafinil and Modafinil
What hallucinogen is used to treat nausea in patients?
Dronabinol
What type of hallucinogen has rare tolerance and dependence?
LSD
A patient takes a drug and is experiencing adverse effects that include paranoia and increased fear, what drug might that be?
LSD
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?
PCP
A person has numbness in extremeties, staggered gait, slurred speech, and muscular rigidity, what drug may this person have taken?
PCP
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?
PCP
What drug produces a euphoric feeling followed by drowsiness and relaxation?
THC
What drug can be used therapeutically as an appetite stimulant of anti-nausea drugs?
THC
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?
THC
Effects of THC
Euphoria followed by drowsiness and relaxation
Decreased short-term memory and mental activity
Stimulation of appetite
Visual hallucinations/ delusions
Enhancement of sensory activity
Ocular effects of THC
Redness of conjunctiva
What drug can be used to decrease IOP?
THC
Hallucinogens do what?
Induce altered perceptual states (like dreams)
Render the individual incapable of normal decision-making
