Health Quiz #2 Igla drugs/alcohol Flashcards
What is a drug?
A substance that causes a physical or emotional change in a person
What is a prescription?
A doctor’s written order for a specific medicine (mostly electronic now)
What is drug use?
Taking a medicine properly and in it’s correct dosage.
Ex: taking an antibiotic that a doctor prescribed for you for an infection
What is drug misuse?
Unintentional improper use of a drug
Ex:taking too much of a drug that a doctor prescribed for you, not finishing a prescription of a drug that a doctor prescribed for you, taking a prescription that was prescribed for someone else)
What is drug abuse?
Intentional improper use of a drug
Ex:taking a lot of cough medicine to get high, smoking crack, cocaine, sniffing powder cocaine, taking heroin)
What are the seven categories of drugs?
Natural remedies, over the counter drugs (OTC), Prescription drugs, tobacco products, alcohol, illegal drugs, and unrecognized drugs
What are natural remedies
contains substances that occurs in nature and are used to treat or prevent ailments
What are Over-The-Counter drugs (OTC)?
Can be purchased without doctor’s prescription
What are prescription drugs?
A doctor’s written order is required for a person to purchase the drug (usually more powerful than OTC)
What are tobacco products
Contains the drug nicotine
ex:cigarettes,cigars, chewing tobacco)
What is alcohol
Beer, wine, distilled liquors that are illegal for people under age 21
What are illegal drugs?
cannot be legally sold, purchased, or used
ex: cocaine, marijuana, crack, heroin
What are unrecognized drugs?
Not usually classified as a drug but can have the similar effects on the body as drugs
ex: caffeine, inhalants
What is addictive?
Causing a physical dependence; a person who is addicted to the drug requires that substance to function normally
What is psychoactive substance?
a substance that causes a change in a person’s mood and/or behavior
What is tar?
Solid material in tobacco smoke that condenses into a thick liquid when heated
What is nicotine?
An addictive chemical found in tobacco
What is carbon monoxide?
a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas released by burning tobacco
What is cancer?
a disease caused by cells that have lost normal growth controls and that invade and destroy healthy tissues
What is chronic bronchitis
an inflammation of the bronchial tubes in the lungs and the production of excessive mucus
What is emphysema?
a disease in which the tiny air sacs of the lungs lose their elasticity
What type of chronic disease does a smoker have a higher chance of getting?
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (lung problem) (COPD), fatty buildups in arteries and several types of cancer
What are some reasons why people drink alcohol?
party, stress, depression, to relax, for fun, peer pressure, to look cool, celebration, religious purposes
What are the three types of alcohol?
Ethyl alcohol (ethanol), methyl alcohol, and denatured alcohol
What is ethyl alcohol (ethanol)
safe to drink in small amounts; made from fermentation- certain yeasts convert fruit, sugar and grain into ethyl alcohol
What is methyl alcohol?
toxic-not for human consumption (fuel, varnish, antifreeze) can cause blindness and death
What is denatured alcohol?
ethyl mixed with methyl and therefore unsafe to drink (after shave, rubbing alcohol, mouth wash, antiseptics)
What is proof?
Two times the percentage of pure alcohol in a beverage (100 proof = 50% alcohol)
What is the proof/alcohol for beer?
3%-6% alcohol and 6-12 proof for 12 oz
what is the proof/alcohol for wine?
10%-20% alcohol and 20-40 proof for 4 oz
what is the proof/alcohol for vodka?
40%-50% alcohol and 80-100 proof for 1.5 oz