Tolerance Dependence Flashcards
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Tolerance
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Increasingly larger or more frequent doses of a substance are needed to achieve the same or desired effects originally produced by a lower dose
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Withdrawal
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Physiologic and cognitive effects due to stopping or reducing a substance where tolerance or dependence has developed
3
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Pathophysiology of Drug Dependence
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Drugs stimulate or inhibit neurotransmitters. Produces pleasure and euphoria.
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Neurotransmitter sites of action of Drug Use Disorders
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Dopaminergic and Noradrenergic
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