Friday ILT - drug abuse

Question 1

other names for the date rape drug

Answer 1

Flunitrazepam (Rohypnol)

Question 2

What drugs are sometimes used in the place of alcohol for disinhibition euphoria, especially among the “white collar” crowd?

Answer 2

anxiolytic-sedative-hypnotics

ie
barbs
benzos

Question 3

what tolerance developes quickly in opiods and what develops slowly

Answer 3

Analgesia develops quickly

miosis, constipation develops slowly

Question 4

withdrawl from what types of drugs is life threatening

Answer 4

benzos
alcohol

death occurs from heart problems/seizure

Question 5

type 1
type 2

drug abusers

Answer 5

1 - just wanna get high man

2 - patient takes a drug for legit reason at first, then becomes addicted to it.

Question 6

what percent of all controlled substances you prescribe to people are going to go to someone else`

Answer 6

15%

Question 7

If a patient comes in and says “I’m addicted to heroin and I’m trying to quit, can I have some opiods” do you give them the opiods?

what about if they have cancer or a broken leg and they are a heroin addict?

Answer 7

first case: no

second case: you can prescribe opiates