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Toxicology Flashcards

1
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Scientific name - benzoylmethylecgonine

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Cocaine

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2
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Also known as angel dust or angel hair

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Phencyclidine

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3
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Diacetyl form of morphine

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Heroin

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4
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Drugs that induce sleep

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Hypnotics

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5
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Provides a basis for rational therapy design to assess the degree of exposure of poison to each individual

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Mechanistic toxicology

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Uses results from animal experiments to predict at what level of exposure will cause harm to a human

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Descriptive toxicology

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7
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Primarily concerned with medicolegal consequences of toxin exposure

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Forensic toxicology

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Study of the interrelationship between toxic exposure and disease states

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Clinical toxicology

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9
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What is the % blood alcohol of a person with mild euphoria, decreased inhibitions, and some impairment of motor skills?

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0.03-0.12

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What is the % blood alcohol of a person with decreased inhibitions, loss of critical judgment, memory impairment, and diminished reaction time?

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0.09-0.25

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What are the signs and symptoms of a person with 0.18-0.30% blood alcohol?

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Mental confusion, dizziness, strongly impaired motor skills

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What are the signs and symptoms of a person with 0.27-0.40% blood alcohol?

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Unable to stand or walk, impaired consciousness

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13
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Carbon monoxide poisoning imparts a ____ color of the face.

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Cherry red

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14
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What is the characteristic odor of cyanide?

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Bitter almonds

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15
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This agent expresses its toxicity by high affinity binding to thiol groups in proteins.

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Arsenic

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16
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What is the characteristic odor of arsenic?

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Garlic

17
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What agent is utilized in electroplating and galvanizing and is a significant environmental pollutant?

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Cadmium

18
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Exposure to this metal results to encephalopathy, birth defects, and compromised immunity

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Lead

19
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What agent has a characteristic “wrist or foot drop” manifestation?

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Lead

20
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____ & ____ are used for treatment of lead poisoning as therapeutic chelators.

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EDTA; dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMA)

21
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This agent’s presence in blood may result to loss of glomerular integrity

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Mercury

22
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What is the method of testing for mercury?

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Reinsch test

23
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What is the second most abundant component of opium?

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Codeine

24
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These drugs closely resemble epinephrine and norepinephrine as they exert sympathetic affects.

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Amphetamines

25
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What is the major psychoactive agent of marijuana?

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Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol

26
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Also known as uppers, bennies, or dexies

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Amphetamine

27
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Also known as horse, smack, white lady, & scag

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Heroin

28
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What are other names for codeine?

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C, Co-dine, school boy, lean and dean, syrup

29
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What are other names for morphine?

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Whit stuff, junk, morpho, M

30
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Also known as demerol

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Meperidine

31
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What is another name for propoxyphene?

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Yellow footballs (darvon)

32
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What are other names for LSD?

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LSD-25, acid, white lightning, microdots

33
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Also known as valium

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Diazepam

34
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What is another name for chlordiazepoxide?

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Librium

35
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Also known as yellow jackets, yellow, or nembies

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Pentobarbital

36
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Also known as rainbows, blues, or bluebirds

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Amobarbital

37
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What are other names for secobarbital?

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M&M’s, reds, seccies, red devils

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