Drugs Used in Alcohol Abuse/History

Question 1

Chemical substance abuse spans..

Answer 1

Many centuries

Question 2

Earliest used substance?

Answer 2

Alcohol

Question 3

Scope of substance abuse is:

Answer 3

Difficult to determine, relies on self-reports

Question 4

Cessation of drug use following dependence typically produces:

Answer 4

Withdrawal symptoms

Question 5

Often to curb withdrawal symptoms we use:

Answer 5

Medications

Question 6

While medications are effective they do not:

Answer 6

Exclude other therapies

Question 7

What group of drugs are useful in treating alcohol withdrawal?

Answer 7

Sedative-Hypnotics

Question 8

These drugs include:

Answer 8

Chloral hydrate
Barbituates
Paraldehyde
Benzos!

Question 9

The drug of choice?

Answer 9

Benzodiazepine

Question 10

These drugs _______ w/d symptoms.

Answer 10

Suppress

Question 11

Common benzos used in withdrawal?

Answer 11

Chlordiazepoxide

Diaz/Clonaz/Oxaz/Loraz

Question 12

If the patient should develop psychosis, we use:

Answer 12

Antipsychotics

Haloperiodol is effective

Question 13

To prevent brain damage as a result of vitamin deficiency we administer:

Answer 13

Thiamine (B-Complex)

Question 14

For preventing long-term relapse, these have been helpful

Answer 14

SSRI - fluoxetine & sertraline

Question 15

These two B’s may be effective in preventing longer-term relapse.

Answer 15

Buspirone

Bupropion

Question 16

In addition, to using the B’s, this has shown promise in preventing relapse.

Answer 16

Naltrexone