Lesson 1

Question 1

It is any substance (with the exception of food and water) which, when taken into the body, alters the body’s function either physically and/or psychologically

Answer 1

DRUG

Question 2

• plant leaves, flowering tops, hashish, opium and marijuana.

Answer 2

Natural

Question 3

• drugs that are products by laboratories

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Synthetic

Question 4

drugs requiring written authorization from a doctor before they can be purchased.

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Prescriptive drugs

Question 5

• are non-prescription medicines, which may be purchased form only any pharmacy or drugstore without written authorization from a doctor.

Answer 5

Over- the - Counter drugs (OTCs)

Question 6

Are plant substances that have drug effects and whose use is not generally regulated by the law.

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Herbal Drugs

Question 7

• Are commercial products that have a psychoactive drug effects but are not usually considered drugs. E.g. Tobacco; Alophol

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Unrecognized Drugs

Question 8

• Are commercial products that have a psychoactive drug effects but are not usually considered drugs. E.g. Tobacco; Alophol

Answer 8

Unrecognized Drugs

Question 9

• These are drugs whose sale, purchase or use is generally prohibited by law.

Answer 9

Illicit Drugs

Question 10

• it is the amount of drug taken at one time.

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Dose

Question 11

• it refers to the amount needed to treat or heal, that is, the smallest amount of drug that wil produce a therapeutic effect

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Minimal

Question 12

• it pertains to the largest amount of drug that will produce a desired therapeutic effect, without any accompanying symptoms of toxicity.

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Maximal

Question 13

• it is the amount of drug that produces untoward effects or symptoms of poisoning

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Toxic

Question 14

• the amount needed to produce the side effects and action desired by an individual who improperly uses it.

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Abusive

Question 15

the amount of drug that will cause death

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Lethal

Question 16

the amount of drug that will cause death

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Lethal

Question 17

• a substance wrich when taken into the human body cures illness and/or relieves signs/symptoms of disease.

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Medicinal drugs

Question 18

• these are drugs that relieve pain. However, they may produce the opposite effects an somebody who suffers from peptic uicer or gastric irritation.

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Analgesics

Question 19

• drugs that combat or contro; infectious organisms. Ingesting the same antbiotics for ; long time can result to allergic reactions and cause resistance to the drug.

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Antibiotics

Question 20

• those drugs that can lower body temperature or fever due to infection.

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Antipyretics

Question 21

• those drug that control or combat allergic reactions.

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Antihistamines

Question 22

• these are drugs that prevent the meeting of the egg cell and sperm cell or prevent the ovary from releasing egg cells.

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Contraceptives

Question 23

• drugs that relieve congestion of nasal passages.

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Decongestants

Question 24

• they can ease the expulsion of mucus and phlegm from the lungs and throat.

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Expectorants

Question 25

• drugs that stimulates defecation and encourage bowel movement

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Laxatives

Question 26

• these are drugs that can calm and quite the nerves and ratiere-deprasion, anxiety without causing depression and clouding of the mind.

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Sedatives and tranquilizers

Question 27

• those substances necessary for normal growth and development and proper functioning of the body.

Answer 27

Vitamins

Question 28

• when two much of a drug is taken into the physiological system of the human body, there may be an extension of its effects.

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Overdose

Question 29

• some drugs cause the release of histamines giving rise to allergic symptoms such as dermatitis, swelling, falls in blood pressure, suffocation and death.

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Allergy

Question 30

• it refers to the individual reaction to a drug, food, etc, for unexplained reason.

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Idiosyncrasy

Question 31

• drugs are chemicals and some of them have the property of being general protoplasmic poisons.

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Poisonous property

Question 32

• some drugs are not receptors for one organ but receptors of other organ as well. The effects in the other organs may constitute a side effect, which are most of the time unwanted.

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Side effects

Question 33

• This is the safest most convenient and economical route whenever possible. The drug is taken by the mouth and must pass through the stomach before being absorbed in the bloodstream. This is the most common, ways of taking drugs.

Answer 33

Orally

Question 34

• A drug in Gaseous form enters the lungs and is quickly absorbed by the capillary system. It is probably the second most commonly employed drug administration.

Answer 34

Inhalation

Question 35

• the drug is injected just below the surface of the skin. This is sometimes called as “skin popping”

Answer 35

Subcutaneous

Question 36

• administration involves the injection of a drug into a large muse mass that has a good blood supply, such as the gluteus maximus, quadriceps or triceps.

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Intramuscular

Question 37

• this is the most efficient means of administration which involves depositing a drug directly to the blood stream. This is also the most rapid drug administration.

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Intravenous

Question 38

• Inhalation of drugs through the nose. It is done by inhaling a powder or a liguid drug into the nasal coats of the mucous membrane.

Answer 38

Snorting / Insufflation

Question 39

• Drug is placed in the _______ cavity just under the lips. The active ingredients of the drug are absorbed in the blood stream through the soft tissues lining the mouth. party drug

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Buccal

Question 40

• Drug is administered through the vagina or rectum in a suppository form and the drug is absorbed into the blood stream.

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Suppositories

Question 41

• This refers to the application of drugs directly to a body site such as the mucous membrane.

Answer 41

Topical

Question 42

• These are drugs that are attended by risk and therefore unsafe, perilous, and hazardous to people using it.


Answer 42

dangerous drugs

Question 43

These are strictly prohibited that possession of them is punishable (RA 9165 Art. 2 Sec. 11).

Answer 43

dangerous drugs