Psychotomimetics, Psychedelics and Hallucinogens Flashcards
“Touch within”
Enactogens
“Mind expanding, mind manifesting, mind clarifying”
Psychedelic
“Empathy enhancing”
Empathogens
Class of P/P/H drugs
Schedule I
LSD
Lysergic acid diethylamide
Active ingredient in “magic mushrooms”
Psilocybin
Active ingredient in cactus known as peyote.
Mescaline
“Love drug”
3,4 methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA)
“Ecstasy”
3,4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)
LSD is ____ times more potent than psilocybin and ____ times more potent than mescaline in humans.
100, 4000
P/P/H’s induce fairly rapid tolerance when taken repeatedly for __ to __ days.
2-3
True or False: P/P/H’s are not cross tolerant with each other
False they ARE cross tolerant with each other
True or False: hallucinogenic potencies of LSD-like P/P/H’s correlate with binding affinity at many receptors
True
LSD acts as a __________ in the peripheral ns and a _________ at some serotonin receptors in the CNS
Serotonin blocker, selective agonist
Report of seeing oneself or people they’ve never seen before
Transcendental experience
Transposition of sensations such as sounds to visual images
Synesthesia
“Bad trip”
The dysphoric reaction
PCP
Phencyclidine
Awake but disconnected while anesthetized
Dissociative anesthetic
An analogue of PCP found to have most therapeutic value as an anesthetic
Ketamine
