MANAGEMENT OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS Flashcards
What is substance use disorder
Persistent use of substances illegal or illicit despite substantial harm and adverse consequences
OR
Problematic pattern of use leading to significant impairment or distress
What is drug abuse
Inappropriate and usually excessive self-administration of a drug for non-medical purposes
Common combinations of drugs of abuse
Alcohol and Heroin
Nicotine and alcohol
Cocaine and Heroin
Cocaine and Benzodiazepines
Heroin and Barbiturates
Why is therapeutic index reduced by tolerance to a drug
The toxicity and lethality profile does not shift to the same magnitude or doesn’t shift at all
What is tolerance
Reduced reaction to a drug following repeated use
Types of tolerance
Innate tolerance
Acquired tolerance
Types of acquired tolerance
Pharmacokinetic
Pharmacodynamic
Types of pharmacodynamic adaptations that cause tolerance
Short term
Long term adaptation or synaptic plasticity
What is cross tolerance
Acquiring tolerance to a drug ad requiring higher than normal doses of a second drug to have its effects.
What causes cross tolerance
Enzyme induction
What is sensitization
Non associative Progressive amplification of response to a drug on repeated administration
What is sensitization
Non associative Progressive amplification of response to a drug on repeated administration
What is sensitization
Non associative Progressive amplification of response to a drug on repeated administration
What is a non associative process
Non-associative learning is when an individual’s response to a stimulus changes in the absence of new stimuli. It is based on frequency
Types of drug dependence
Physiological dependence or Physical dependence
Psychological dependence or addiction
What type of dependence is responsible for withdrawal syndrome
Physical dependence
What type of dependence is responsible for withdrawal syndrome
Physical dependence
Explain physiological dependence
Resetting of homeostatic mechanisms in response to repeated drug use
Drug is needed to maintain near normal function of organs or systems
Which type of dependence causes pleasurable sensations that cause the user to continually seek for the substance or activity
Psychological dependence
Drug addiction or substance dependence is a chronically relapsing disorder characterized by ………………..,………..,……..
- Compulsion to seek and take drug
- Loss of control in limiting intake
- Emergence of a negative emotional state when access to drug is prevented
Addiction is a chronic relapsing disorder with roots both in …………
- Impulsivity
- Compulsivity
- Neurobiological problems
Examples of non-substance addiction they produces a rush or thrill
Gambling
Sex
Food
Internet
Mobile devices
Shopping
Four main dopaminergic pathways
Nigrostriatal pathway
Mesolimbic pathway
Mesocortical pathway
Tuberohypophyseal or tuberoinfundibular pathway
Describe the nigrostriatal pathway
Cell bodies largely in the substantia nigra whose axons terminate in the corpus striatum
Describe the mesolimbic pathway
Cell bodies in midbrain ventral tegmental area and fibers project via the medial forebrain to parts of the Lombok system, especially the nucleus acumbens and the amygdaloid nucleus