Quiz 5 ETOH

Question 1

List the questions on the CAGE.

Answer 1

• Have you ever felt the need to CUT down on drinking?
• Have you ever felt ANNOYED by peoples criticism of your drinking?
• Have you ever felt GUILTY of your drinking?
• Have you ever felt the need to drink an open EYE-OPENER?

Question 2

How might ETOH played a role in survival of man

Answer 2

ancestors eat rotting fruit that fell to the floor of the forest when other food was scarce

Question 3

What is the safe BAC for driving using your weight and height

Answer 3

.00 or .03

Question 4

Name the three stages of ETOH pharmacokinetics.

Answer 4

1. Phase A absorption where absorption is faster than elimination
2. Plateau stage. Where absorption tapers off and elimination starts to lower blood alcohol concentration blood concentration peaks
3. Elimination absorption is complete and ETOH is eliminated from body at a constant rate.

Question 5

Summarize six major statements summarizing ETOH listed in the slides presented

Answer 5

Alcohol is a neuronal depressant

long term exposure to alcohol brings about adaptive changes in the neuronal system

Chronic alcoholism causes toxic effects on all the organs especially liver

Withdrawal syndrome in alcoholics are treated by BZDs and Naltrexone

Antabuse/ disulfiram is the drug is use as aversion technique in chronic alcoholics

ethanol is used as antidote in Methanol Poisoning.

Question 6

List the seven events at the synapse during neurotransmission

Answer 6

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