Tolerance, Intoxication, Withdrawal Flashcards
a process whereby the brain and central nervous system enact processes to immediately mitigate the effects of a given substance
Acute Tolerance
drug users demonstrate behavioral tolerance when they adjust their appearance, mannerisms and behavior in order to mask their drug use.
Behavioral Tolerance
refers to the body essentially taking this task over by speeding up the metabolism so that the blood can circulate the foreign substances quickly for removal by the liver.
Dispositional Tolerance
Nerve cells, transmission processes, reuptake and receptor sites can be adjusted by the brain to become desensitized to the drugs, effectively producing an antidote to the substance or increasing the amount of receptor sites in order to diffuse the chemical across a wider spread of sites and thereby lessen its effects.
Pharmacodynamic Tolerance
exclusively to the increased sensitivity one experiences toward a particular drug as a result of the breakdown of the body’s ability to process the substance.
Reverse Tolerance
refers to the fact that in some cases the brain will selectively mitigate some effects of a substance, but not others.
Select Tolerance
What stage of intoxication is this:
a. BAC 0.01-0.05
b. considered to be sober
c. no visible signs of intoxication
Sobriety
What stage of intoxication is this:
a. BAC 0.03 – 0.12
b. Woman 1-2 drinks, Men 2-3 drinks in an hour
c. an increase in chattiness and confidence
d. a delayed reaction time
e. decreased inhibitions
Euphoria
What stage of intoxication is this:
a. BAC 0.09 – 0.25
b. Woman 2-4 drinks, Men 3-5 drinks in an hour
c. a person will begin to experience emotional instability and a significant loss of coordination.
d. a loss of judgment and memory
e. vision problems
f. loss of balance
g. drowsiness
Excitement
What stage of intoxication is this:
a. BAC 0.18 – 0.30
b. Woman 4+ drinks, Men 5+ drinks in an hour
c. emotional outbursts
d. a major loss of coordination
e. may not be able to stand up, may stagger when walking, and will likely be extremely confused about what’s going on.
f. may not be able to feel pain
g. very likely to forget things happening around or to them
h. may “Black out”
Confusion
What stage of intoxication is this:
a. BAC 0.25 – 0.4
b. no longer responds to the things happening around or to them.
c. won’t be able to stand or walk.
d. lose control over their bodily functions
e. vomiting uncontrollably
f. may also experience seizures or have blue-tinged or pale skin
g. breathing and gag reflexes will likely be impaired.
Stupor
What stage of intoxication is this:
a. BAC 0.35 – 0.45
b. breathing and blood circulation will be extremely slowed.
c. motor responses and gag reflexes are nonfunctional
d. body temperature drops
e. risk of death
Coma
BAC above 0.45 is what stage of intoxication?
Death
