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What is psychopharmacology?

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Study of substances that can influence the brain and behaviour

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What are psychoactive drugs?

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Compound drugs that are not natural to the body that can produce a psychological effect

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What psychological components do these drugs effect?

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Mood, sensation, thinking and behaviour

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How do psychoactive drugs alter behaviour?

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They act on neurotransmitters in different ways

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What is pharmacokinetics?

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Is the study of how the body interact with administer substances for the entire duration of exposure

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What does pharmacokinetics focus on?

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Considers how the body handles and eliminates the drug

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Does it matter how drugs are administered?

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No because they all need to cross biological membranes (mostly lipids)

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What changes depending on the way the drug is administered?

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How much of the drug reaches the target site and how quickly it has an effect

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What is the name for administering drugs orally or through the nose?

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Buccal admininstration

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What does trans-dermal method of administration mean?

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Skin patches, drug is administered through patches on the skin

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What is the process of absorption of the Buccal method?

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Dissolves in the stomach fluid and pass through the stomach wall to reach the blood capillaries

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When are most drugs, administered through the buccal method, absorbed?

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They are not fully absorbed until they hit the small intestines.

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Drugs that are orally administered have to be resilient to what?

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Stomach acid and enzymes, enzymes in the liver that may alter the effects of the drugs

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What are other methods of drug administration?

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IV, Inhalation, Tropic and trans-dermal

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What are the pro’s and cons of IV drug administration?

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Pro- rapid and accurate, depending on the injecting method it can be more slow and even dispersion of the drug (intramuscular injection)
Cons- issues with street drugs

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What are the pros and cons of inhalation drug administration?

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Pro- Rapid action of absorption
con- Method can cause damage to the lungs

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What is the time course of drugs impacted by?

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The dose of the drugs, metabolising and rate of elimination

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In which does the absorption of the drug travel?

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Movement is always high to low concentration

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What does BBB stand for?

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Blood brain barrier ( a network of blood vessels and cells)

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What is the function of the blood brain barrier?

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Limit the exchange of substances between the blood and the brain

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Is the BBB impermeable?

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No but it is selectively permeable

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What else does the BBB do ? hint diffusion

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Reduced diffusion of water soluble molecules

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Is the BBB completely gaurded?

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It is not complete, some areas are not protected

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What is the chemical trigger zone in the brain stem?

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The vomiting centre causes you to vomit if it detects a toxic substance

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What is a unique barrier to women?

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The placental barrier?

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How are water soluble drugs excreted?

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Via urine

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How are most fat soluble drugs excreted?

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The liver contains different enzymes which change the substance to water soluble and then excrete it

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What drug is excreted via the lungs?

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Alcohol

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What drugs are excreted through sweat?

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Alcohol and cocaine

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How is drug clearance rate measured?

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Measured in half-life

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What is the half life of Marijuana (THC) ?

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3-4 days

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What can be the longest half life of THC?

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10-12 days

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What is the half life of Methamphetamine?

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12 hours

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How long can methamphetamine be detected for?

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1-4 days after use

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What is the half-life of cocaine?

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1 hour

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How long can cocaine be detected for?

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Up to 4 days of use

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What is the half life of heroin?

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3-8 MINUTES

38
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What is heroin broken down into?

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Morphine

39
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What is the half-life of morphine?

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3.6 hours

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How long can morphine be detected for?

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Up to 4 days of use

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What is the half-life of GHB?

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20-53 minutes

42
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What percentage of GHB will remain in the system after 2 hours?

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5%

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What are Pharmacodynamics?

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The effects that drugs have on the body

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What are agonists?

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Substances that bind to the same receptors as a neurotransmitter and have a similar effect on neuronal function as that neurotransmitter

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What is an antagonist?

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Substances that bind to a receptor site but do not have any physiological effects

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What are the 5 categories of drugs?

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CNS stimulators, CNS depressants, Analgesics, Hallucinogens, psychotherapeutics

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What are 3 examples of the CNS stimulant drugs?

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Amphetamine, cocaine, nicotine

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What 2 examples of CNS depressants?

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Alcohol and Barbiturates

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What are the examples of analgesics?

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Codeine and Morphine

50
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What is an example of hallucinogens?

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LSD

51
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Give two examples of psychotherapeutics?

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Prozac and Thorazine (Chlorpromazine)

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What effect do stimulants have physiologically?

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Increase activity, alertness and mood

53
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What 3 substances have similar effects on the neurotransmitter Dopamine?

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Caffeine, nicotine and cocaine

54
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What physiological effects do depressants have?

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Reduce arousal and stimulation

55
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How do depressants reduce arousal?

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They affect the CNS by slowing down the messages between the brain and the body

56
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What does excessive alcohol consumption lead to?

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Leads to respiratory depression, seizures and potential death

57
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What is Valium’s chemical name?

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Benzodiazepine

58
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What is benzodiazepine used to treat?

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Moderate to severe anxiety, panic attacks and epileptic seizures

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What are the side effects of valium?

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Slow brain function, slowed pulse and breathing, poor concentration, confusion, fatigue and slurred speech

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What is another word for Opioid drugs?

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Narcotic Analgesics

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What physiological effects do opioid drugs have?

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Depressant qualities but their main effect is to reduce pain

62
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What is the body’s natural pain killer?

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Endorphins

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What is the difference between Opiates and Opioids?

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They are essentially the same, some are pure, some are synthetic

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What is a direct agonist?

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It resembles the brain’s natural neurotransmitters enough to activate receptor sites

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What are indirect agonists?

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Enhances the release or effect of a specific neurotransmitter

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What are antagonists?

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They compete with neurotransmitters for binding on the receptor site but do not cause any physiological changes or disruptiosn

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What are the effects of Psychedelics?

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Effect on perceptual and conscious processing, can cause distortion, and can be natural or synthetic

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What is the hallucinogenic structure of LSD similar to?

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Serotonin

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What is thought to the be the cause of hallucinations cause by hallucinogens?

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The shared binding of the 5-HT (2A) receptor type is responsible for the hallucinations particularly in the prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortex

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What is MDMA?

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Acts as both a stimulant and psychedelic, producing an energizing effect, distortions in time and perception and enhanced enjoyment of tactile experiences

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What three neurotransmitters does MDMA enhance the activity of ?

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Serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine

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What is the side effect of MDMA releasing large amounts of serotonin?

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Causes the brain to become significantly depleted of serotonin

73
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What did research on rodents on MDMA suggest?

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MDMA can damage nerve cells that contain serotonin

74
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What did research on MDMA exposed primates suggest?

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Showed reduced serotonergic neurons 7 years later suggesting implicating that MDMA can have long lasting effects

75
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What are the 3 psychological disorders that are treatable by drugs?

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Anxiety, Depression and Schizophrenia

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What is anxiety?

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Unsettling feeling of concern or worry, multiple neurotransmitters implicated

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What are the treatments for anxiety?

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Benzodiazepines, anticonvulsants, SSRI’s

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What is depression caused by?

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A decrease in serotonergic and noradrenergic neurotransmission

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What are the drug treatments for depression?

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SSRI’s, SNRI’s, atypical anti-depressants, tricyclics, MOAI’s

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What is the etiology of schizophrenia?

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Abnormal dopamine function contributes to symptoms

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What are the treatment methods for schizophrenia?

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Anti-psychotic drugs

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