Pharmacology - Chatper 37 - Drug Abuse: Basic Considerations

Question 1

Drug abuse - def

Answer 1

using a drug in a fashion inconsistent with medical or social norms.

Question 2

Addiction - def

Answer 2

disease process: continued use of a psychoactive substance despite physical, psychological, or social harm.

Question 3

Tolerance - def

Answer 3

state in which a particular dose elicits a smaller response than it did with initial use.

Question 4

Cross-tolerance - def

Answer 4

state in which tolerance to one drug confers tolerance to another drug (usually within the same group.)

Question 5

Psychological Dependance -

Answer 5

intense subjective need for a particular psychoactive drug.

Question 6

Physical Dependance - def

Answer 6

state in which an abstinence syndrome will occur if drug use is D/C-ed -.

Question 7

What are some factors contributing to drug abuse?

Answer 7

Peer pressure, occasional social use, compulsive, use, addiction.

Question 8

Physical dependance - occurs mostly in…..

Answer 8

people who take large doses for a long time.

Question 9

Taking a drug after the onset of withdrawal symptoms may…

Answer 9

contribute to reinforce the desirability of continuation of the drug.

Question 10

Psychological dependance - the very strong feeling that…

Answer 10

your sense of well-being is dependent upon using the drug.

Question 11

What are the most common drugs of abuse?

Answer 11

Alcohol, opioids, barbiturates, cocaine, amphetamines, nicotine, caffeine.

Question 12

Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention Act (Controlled Substances Act) - Info. (When, why? )

Answer 12

Enacted in 1970. One objective was to reduce the chances that drugs originating from legitimate sources will become available to drug users.

Question 13

Schedule 2 Prescriptions must be written in ____ and oral prescription is only used in ___ emergencies and it must be ___ within ___ hours.

Answer 13

Written in ink/emergencies and must be written in ink after 72 hours.