Human Health And Diseases Flashcards
Opioids
Bind to the receptors present in our CNS and gastrointestinal tract.
Heroin
Semi synthetic opiate Smack Brown sugar White Odourless Bitter
Formation of heroin
Acetylation of morphine
Plant name
Papaver somniferum
How is heroin taken in the body?
Snorted, injected
What type of drug is heroin?
Depressing and slows down body functions
Effective pain killer and sedative
Morphine
Who is morphine given to?
To the patients who had undergone surgery
More potent opioid
Heroin
Synthetic opiates
Pethidine used as local anaesthesia
Methadone used to de-addict heroin and morphine
Cannabinoids
Interact with canabinoid receptors present on the brain
Cannabinoids obtained from
Cannabis sativa
Inflorescence
Leaves
Resin
Examples of cannabinoids
Marijuana
Hashish
Ganja
Charas
Way of taking the C drug?
Oral ingestion, inhalation
Which part of the body is affected due to C
Cardiovascular system
Coca alkaloid
Coca plant erythroxylum coca
Native place of coca
South America
Interacts with which part?
Neuro transmitters Dopamine
Effect of the drug
Sense of EUPHORIA and energy
Excessive usage of cocaine
Causes hallucinations
Plants with hallucination property
Atropos belladona
Datura
*Lysergic acid diethyl amide(LSD)- fungi claviceps
Tobacco addiction
Nicotiana tobaccum
Nicotiana rustica
Nicotine is an
Alkaloid
What does nicotine do?
Stimulates the adrenal gland to release adrenaline and non adrenaline into blood resulting in increase in BP
Adrenaline and non adrenaline also called
Epinephrine and non epinephrine
Disorders due to tobacco
Bronchitis
Emphysema
Coronary heart disease
Gastric ulcer
Chewing tobacco leads to
Oral cancer
Smacking increases which gas
CO and binds to haemoglobin and results to deficiency of Oxygen
Alcohol
Ethanol one ethyl alcohol
Describe the path of alcohol
Alcohol is diluted in the stomach
Alcohol does not need any digestion
Absorbed in the SI and circulated
In liver gets converted into acetaldehyde
Acetaldehyde is converted to CO2 and H2O through acetate
How to test presence of alcohol
Breath test
Breath alcohol analyser
Bad Effects of alcohol
Dilutes the blood vessels
Liver, converted to toxic acetaldehyde
Fatty Liver Syndrome
cirrohis where liver cells are replaced by fibrous tissue
Women- Foetal Alcohol Syndrome due to deficiency of minerals and vutamins(thiamine*)
With repeated usage of drugs, the tolerance level of receptors
Increases
Effects of withdrawal syndrome
Nausea
Shakiness
Anxiety
Sweating
Side effects of anabolic steroids in women
Masculinisation, aggressiveness, abnormal menstrual cycle, excessive growth on the face, deepening of voice
Effects on males
Acne, increase aggression, reduction in testis and reduction in the production of sperms