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1
Q

The sub area of pharmacology that concerns the effects of drugs on behavior.

A

Psychopharmocology

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2
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_____________ is the body natural morphine.

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Endorphins

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3
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_________________ refers to the actions people take that help them avoid developing certain health problems.

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Primary preventions

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4
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______________ is the branch of pharmacology that concerns the absorption, distribution, biotransformation, and excretion of drugs

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Pharmacokinetics

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5
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“within the muscle”

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Intramuscular injection

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6
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______________ is when the same person’s regular use of more than one drug.

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Polydrug use

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7
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What are the different routes of drugs that enter the body?

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Oral, subcutaneous injection, intramuscular injection, Intravenous injection, Inhalation, intranasal, transdermal

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8
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What are the 3 ways of getting a false negative drug test?

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Sustitution, adulteration,dilution

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9
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What are the different types of drug testing?

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Urine

○ Blood ○ Sweat ○ Saliva ○ Hair

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10
Q

____________ is the dose at which a given percentage of

individuals show a particular effect of a drug

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Effective dose

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11
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_____________ is the dose at which a given percentage of nonhumans die within a specified time

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Lethal dose

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12
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What are the different types of drug classifications?

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Origen, site of drug action, mechanism of action

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13
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______________ is the most significant inhibitory transmitter in the brain

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gamma amino

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14
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_____________ is the most abundant of the excitatory neurotransmitters

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Glutamate

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15
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The _______________ _______________ method is not yet yielded.

A

pass prevention

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16
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What are the 3 types of interventions?

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Primary Prevention Secondary Prevention Tertiary Prevention

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17
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What are the advantages of the work cite program?

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Service to adults who are still functioning well.
▪ Employees are a captive audience.
▪ Employees do not have to travel to hear messages. ▪ Employers benefitting employees improves morale.
Disadvantages:

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18
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What are the disadvantages of worksite program?

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Cost

▪ Concerns about confidentiality

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19
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______________ is the scientific study of drugs concerned with all information about the effects of drugs on living systems

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Pharmocology

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20
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___________ is the scientific study of behavior.

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psychology

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21
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______________ is any chemical entity or mixture of entities not required for the maintenance of health but that alters biological function or structure when administered.

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Drug

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22
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___________ are drugs that affect mood, thinking and behavior.

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Psychoactive drugs

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23
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How a drug produces its drug effects is _____________

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mechanism of action

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24
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___________ measures of the quantity of the drug consumed.

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drug dosage

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25
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The way that drugs enter the body is _____________

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Route of drug administration

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26
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An individual’s knowledge, attitudes, expectations, and other thoughts about an object or event, such as a drug is ____________.

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Psychological set

27
Q

a chemically inactive substance is a _____________.

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placebo

28
Q

___________ is typically based on a cluster of symptoms that is given a name.

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diagnosis

29
Q

any consumption of alcohol or other drugs and related events that does not meet the criteria for dependence or abuse is _____________.

A

drug use

30
Q

Overwhelming involvement with using a drug, getting an adequate supply of it,
and having a strong tendency to resume use of it after stopping for a period.

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addiction

31
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A strong or intense desire to use a drug.

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craving

32
Q

The emotional state of craving a drug either for its positive effect or to avoid negative effects associated with its abuse.

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psychological dependence

33
Q

increased amounts of a drug needed to achieve intoxication, or a diminished drug effect with continued use of the same amount of a drug.

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Tolerance

34
Q

A definable illness that occurs with a cessation or decrease in use of a drug.

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Withdrawal

35
Q

a number of symptoms that occur together and characterize a specific illness or disease

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syndrome

36
Q

repeated use of a drug in interaction with environmental factors results in changes in the brain neural pathways that may heighten the reward value of that drug.

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Sensitization Hypothesis

37
Q

Communications designed for widespread distribution, such as advertisements, films, and printed materials.

A

mass media

38
Q

___________ is outside of cell is more positively charged than inside

A

Rest

39
Q

_________ is when positively charged ions come in the cell

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Excitatory

40
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__________ is when negatively charged ions come in the cell

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inhibitory

41
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____________ is when receptors that are coupled to ion channels and affect the neuron by causing those channels to open.

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ionotropic

42
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___________ cause the release or activation of second messengers

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metabotropic

43
Q

____________ is any substance that fits a receptor lock and activates
it

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agonist

44
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_______________ any substance that occupies a receptor and does not activate it, but prevents other substances from activating the receptor

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antagonist

45
Q

______________ resides in axon terminals of neurons that activate
the skeletal muscles.

A

acetylcoline

46
Q

A Chemical structure that contains a single amine group

A

monomines

47
Q

_________ is the key chemical to mediate physical changes that accompany arousal.

A

Norepinephrine

48
Q

_____________ is Important to regulation of coordinated motor movements

A

dopamine

49
Q

______________ Important in regulation of sleep

A

seratonin

50
Q

_________ are large molecules in the peptide family

A

endorphins

51
Q

_____________ is when a drug enters the blood stream

A

absortion

52
Q

The process by which the body breaks down matter into more simple components and waste.

A

metabolism

53
Q

The transport of drugs by the blood to their sites of action in the body.

A

distribution

54
Q

The branch of pharmacology that concerns the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and their mechanisms of action

A

pharmacodynamics

55
Q

__________ is computed according to a person’s body

weight

A

drug dose

56
Q

The rate and extent to which a drug leaves its site of administration, and it plays a major role in the drug experience.

A

drug absortion

57
Q

The portion of the original drug dose that reaches its site of action or that reaches a fluid in the body that gives the drug access to its site of action.

A

bioavailability

58
Q

A standard way of representing drug effects

that result from taking different drug doses.

A

dose effect curve

59
Q

____________ represents the change we are interested in recording.

A

vertical axis

60
Q

__________ represents the range of doses under investigation.

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Horizontal axis

61
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how much the drug-dose changes before the effect get

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slope

62
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the peak of the dose-effect curve for a given effect.

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efficacy

63
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the minimum dose of a drug that yields its efficacy.

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potency

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