interactions with drugs

Question 1

drugs of abuse

Answer 1

• cns depresseants and stimulants
• opiates and opiods
• hallucinogens
• marijuana

Question 2

categories of psychotherapuetic drugs

Answer 2

• the anatomical therapuaetic chemical classification system
• international pharmacopeia
• european pharmacopeia
• united states pharmacopeia

Question 3

tolerance

Answer 3

• diminshed response to drugs over the course of repeated or prolonged exposure
• accounted for by adapting physiological processes that achieve stability in a constantly changing environment

Question 4

types of tolerance

Answer 4

• acute
• pharmacodynamic
• pharmachokinetic
• behavioural

Question 5

type of tolerance

acute

Answer 5

• instant short-term effect of drug on NT and synaptic junction

Question 6

type of tolerance

pharmacodynamic

Answer 6

• reduction in cellular response to drug

Question 7

type of tolerance

pharmachokinetic

Answer 7

• absoprtion, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drug

Question 8

type of tolerance

behavioural

Answer 8

tolerance to a behavioural effect of a drug

Question 9

sesnitivity

Answer 9

• increased response to a drug with repeated administration
• amplified effects
• understanding tolerance and sensitivity is curical for optimising drug therapy

Question 10

withdrawal

Answer 10

• internal systems perpetauate homeostasis by using counter-regulatory methods to create new state of balance
• adaptions include levels of NT, hormones and other substances