Substance-Related or Addictive Disorder Unit 3 (4)

Question 1

Alcohol

Answer 1

Action:

• Relaxaion
• Loss of inhibitions
• Lack of concentration
• Drowsiness
• Slurred Speech
• Sleep

Intoxication/Symptoms of use:

1. Agressiveness
2. Impaired judgment
3. Impaired attention
4. Irriability
5. Euphoria
6. Depression
7. Emoional lability
8. Slurred speech
9. Incoordination
10. Unsteady gait
11. Nystagmus
12. Flushed face

Overdose:

• N, V
• Shallow R
• Cold, clammy skin
• Weak
• Rapid P
• Coma
• Possible death

Withdrawal:

1. Tremors
2. N/V
3. Malaise
4. Weakness
5. Sweating
6. Increased BP
7. Tachycardia
8. Anxiety
9. Depression
10. Irritability
11. Halluncinations
12. Headache
13. Insomnia
14. Seizures

Question 2

Cannabinols

Answer 2

Action:

1. Relaxation
2. Talkativeness
3. Lowered inhibitions
4. Euphroia
5. Mood swings

Intoxication/Symptoms of Use:

• Euphoria
• Anxiety
• Suspiciousness
• Sensation of slowed time
• Impaired judgement
• Social withdrawal
• Tachycardia
• Conjuctival redness
• Increased appetitie
• Hallucinations

Overdose:

1. Fatigue
2. Paranoia
3. Delusions
4. Possible psychosis
5. Halluncinations

Withdrawal:

1. Restlessness
2. Irritability
3. Insomnia
4. Loss of appetite
5. Depressed mood
6. Tremors
7. Fever/chills
8. Headache
9. Stomach pain

Question 3

Opiods

Answer 3

Action:

1. Euphoria
2. Lethargy
3. Drowsiness
4. Lack of motivation
5. Constricted pupils

Overdose:

• Shallow breathing
• Slowed P
• Clammy skin
• Pulmonary edema
• Resp. arrest
• Convulsions
• Coma
• Possible death

Intoxication:

1. Euphoria
2. Lethargy
3. Solmnolence
4. Apthy
5. Dysphoria
6. Impaired judgement
7. Pupillary constriction
8. Drowsiness
9. Slurred speech
10. Constipation
11. N
12. Decreased RR
13. Decreased BP

Withdrawal:

• Craving for drug
• N/V/D
• Muscle aches
• Lacrimation or rhinorrhea
• Pupillary dilation
• Piloerection or sweating
• Yawning
• Fever
• Insomnia

Question 4

Stimulants

Answer 4

Use:

• Hyperactivity
• Agitation
• Euphoria
• Insomnia
• Loss of appetite

Overdose:

1. Cardiac arrhythmias
2. Headache
3. Convulsions
4. Hypertension
5. Rapid HR
6. Coma
7. Possible death

Intoxication:

• Fighting
• Gradiosity
• Hypervigilance
• Psychomotor agitation
• Impaired judgment
• Tachycardia
• Pupillary dilation
• Elevated BP
• N/V
• Perspiration or chills

Withdrawal:

1. Anxiety
2. Depressed mood
3. Irritability
4. Craving for the substance
5. Fatigue
6. Insomnia or hypersomnia
7. Psychomotor agitation
8. Paranoid and suicidal ideation

Question 5

Hallucinogens

Answer 5

Use:

1. Visual hallucinations
2. Disorientation
3. Confusion
4. Paranoid delusions
5. Euphoria
6. Anxiety
7. Panic
8. Increased P

Overdose:

• Agitation
• Extreme hyperactivity
• Violence
• Hallucinations
• Psychosis
• Convulsions
• Possible death

Intoxication:

Question 6

Sedative/Hypnotics