STIMULANTS, HALLUCINOGENS, STREET DRUGS Flashcards
(25 cards)
WHICH STIMULANT/HALLUCINOGEN/STREET DRUG CAUSES AGITATION, CONFUSION, HYPERTHERMIA, SEIZ, HTN, TACHYCARDIA, DYSRHYTHMIAS?
AMPHETAMINES
HOW TO TX AMPHETAMINES?
BENZOS, COOLING, MONITOR CK AND TROPONIN (LESS SYMPATHOMIMETIC WITH MORE HALLUCINOGENIC)
WHICH STIMULANT/HALLUCINOGEN/STREET DRUG CAUSES HA, FLUSHING, PALPITATIONS, SYNCOPE, METHEMOGLOBINEMIA?
AMYL AND BUTYL NITRATES
WHICH STIMULANT/HALLUCINOGEN/STREET DRUG IS INHALED FOR SEXUAL ENCHANCEMENT? WHAT DOES IT DO?
AMYL AND BUTYL NITRATES AKA POPPERS; RELAX RECTAL TONE
WHICH STIMULANT/HALLUCINOGEN/STREET DRUG IS SIMILAR TO THEOPHYLLINE?
CAFFEINE
WHAT IS THEOPHYLLINE? S&S?
BRONCHODILATOR FOR COPD PTS; ACUTE = METABOLIC ISSUES, CHRONIC = NO METABOLIC ISSUES
WHICH STIMULANT/HALLUCINOGEN/STREET DRUG CAN BE POTENTIALLY TOXIC AT ANY DOSE?
COCAINE
WHICH STIMULANT/HALLUCINOGEN/STREET DRUG CAUSES MYDRIASIS, EUPHORIA, HYPERTHERMIA, CHEST PAIN, RENAL FAILURE D/T RHABDO?
COCAINE
HOW TO TX COCAINE?
BENZOS, EKG MONITORING, COOLING, WBI FOR PACKERS (VERY SYMPATHOMIMETIC)
WHICH STIMULANT/HALLUCINOGEN/STREET DRUG CAUSES COMA, BRADY, JAW CLENCHING, HYPONATREMIA?
GAMMA HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID
WHICH STIMULANT/HALLUCINOGEN/STREET DRUG CAUSES PULM EDEMA?
HEROIN
WHICH STIMULANT/HALLUCINOGEN/STREET DRUG MORE HALLUCINOGENIC, LESS SYMPATHOMIMETIC TOX?
LSD AND OTHER HALLUCINOGENS
WHICH STIMULANT/HALLUCINOGEN/STREET DRUG CAUSES HYPEREMESIS, YELLOW VISION?
MARIJUANA
WHICH STIMULANT/HALLUCINOGEN/STREET DRUG CAUSES KIDS TO DEVELOP MORE AGITATION AND SEIZ FROM THIS?
MARIJUANA
HOW TO TX MARIJUANA AND THC ANALOGS?
HOT SHOWER, BENZOS
WHICH STIMULANT/HALLUCINOGEN/STREET DRUG CAUSES REDDENED CONJUNCTIVA, DRY MOUTH?
THC ANALOGS
NAME THC ANALOGS.
K2, SPICE.
WHICH STIMULANT/HALLUCINOGEN/STREET DRUG CAUSES ROTARY NYSTAGMUS, BLANK STARES, MUSCLE RIGIDITY, ARF D/T RHABDO, HTN, LARGE DOSES WILL SEE HOTN DT MYOCARDIAL DEPRESSION?
PHENCYCLIDINE (PCP)
WHICH STIMULANT/HALLUCINOGEN/STREET DRUG IS FOUND IN DECONGESTANTS?
SYMPATHOMIMETICS
WHICH STIMULANT/HALLUCINOGEN/STREET DRUG CAUSES PPA=HTN CRISIS?
Decongestants causes SYMPATHOMIMETICS
HOW TO TX SYMPATHOMIMETICS Tox caused by taking decongestants?
PROPRANOLOL, DEXTROMETHORPHAN, PSEUDOEPHEDRINE (TX= PROPANOLOL), ALBUTEROL (HYPERGLYCEMIA, WATCH K)
WHAT SYM DOES SYNTHETIC CATHINONES (BATH SALTS) CAUSE?
SYMPATHOMIMETIC
NAME SYMPATHOMIMETIC TOX.
AGITATION, TACHY, HTN, MYDRIASIS, PSYCHOSIS, SEIZ
HOW TO TX SYMPATHOMIMETIC TOX bath salts causes?
MONITOR CK, BUN/CR, COOLING, BENZOS