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Lecture 1 Flashcards

1
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Drug

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Any chemical agent that affects an organism

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2
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Psychotropic

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Drug effect on mind and behavior

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Proprietary Name

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Trade name, given when drug is patented

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Nonproprietary Name

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Generic name, given when drug has shown therapeutic use. Must be created differently to show that the drug will be present in body, not just that drug dissolved

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5
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Chemical Structure

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Structure of drug

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Schedule 1

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High abuse potential, no medical uses (Heroin, LSD, Marijuana)

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Schedule 2

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High abuse potential, has medical uses (Opium, Morphine, Codeine, Methadone)

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8
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Stimulants

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Activates you

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9
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Opiates

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Analgesia: increasing pain threshold

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10
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Sedative Hypnotics

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Induction of sleep, slows you down and makes you sleepy

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11
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Antipsychotics

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Blocks psychosis

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12
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Antidepressants

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Blocks depression

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13
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Psychadelics

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Mind-expanding perceptual distortion

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14
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Pharmacology

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The study of drug interactions with living organisms

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Toxicology

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Study of the harmful effects of drugs

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16
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Pharmacotherapeutics

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Study of the therapeutic effects of drugs

17
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Pharmacokinetics

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Study of the factors which determine the AMOUNT of drug at sites of action (how long it takes to metabolize drug)

18
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Pharmacodynamics

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Study of how drugs PRODUCE their biological effect

19
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Absorption

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Movement of a drug into the blood stream, assumes it goes to brain

20
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IV

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Intravenous: titratable, control the amount you’re injecting, no going back once it’s in the bloodstream

21
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IM

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Intramuscular: rapid onset, but discomfort and tissue damage

22
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Oral

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Safe, reversible but poor and slow absorption

23
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hi

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gordon

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