Toxicology Flashcards
Scientific name - benzoylmethylecgonine
Cocaine
Also known as angel dust or angel hair
Phencyclidine
Diacetyl form of morphine
Heroin
Drugs that induce sleep
Hypnotics
Provides a basis for rational therapy design to assess the degree of exposure of poison to each individual
Mechanistic toxicology
Uses results from animal experiments to predict at what level of exposure will cause harm to a human
Descriptive toxicology
Primarily concerned with medicolegal consequences of toxin exposure
Forensic toxicology
Study of the interrelationship between toxic exposure and disease states
Clinical toxicology
What is the % blood alcohol of a person with mild euphoria, decreased inhibitions, and some impairment of motor skills?
0.03-0.12
What is the % blood alcohol of a person with decreased inhibitions, loss of critical judgment, memory impairment, and diminished reaction time?
0.09-0.25
What are the signs and symptoms of a person with 0.18-0.30% blood alcohol?
Mental confusion, dizziness, strongly impaired motor skills
What are the signs and symptoms of a person with 0.27-0.40% blood alcohol?
Unable to stand or walk, impaired consciousness
Carbon monoxide poisoning imparts a ____ color of the face.
Cherry red
What is the characteristic odor of cyanide?
Bitter almonds
This agent expresses its toxicity by high affinity binding to thiol groups in proteins.
Arsenic
What is the characteristic odor of arsenic?
Garlic
What agent is utilized in electroplating and galvanizing and is a significant environmental pollutant?
Cadmium
Exposure to this metal results to encephalopathy, birth defects, and compromised immunity
Lead
What agent has a characteristic “wrist or foot drop” manifestation?
Lead
____ & ____ are used for treatment of lead poisoning as therapeutic chelators.
EDTA; dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMA)
This agent’s presence in blood may result to loss of glomerular integrity
Mercury
What is the method of testing for mercury?
Reinsch test
What is the second most abundant component of opium?
Codeine
These drugs closely resemble epinephrine and norepinephrine as they exert sympathetic affects.
Amphetamines
What is the major psychoactive agent of marijuana?
Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
Also known as uppers, bennies, or dexies
Amphetamine
Also known as horse, smack, white lady, & scag
Heroin
What are other names for codeine?
C, Co-dine, school boy, lean and dean, syrup
What are other names for morphine?
Whit stuff, junk, morpho, M
Also known as demerol
Meperidine
What is another name for propoxyphene?
Yellow footballs (darvon)
What are other names for LSD?
LSD-25, acid, white lightning, microdots
Also known as valium
Diazepam
What is another name for chlordiazepoxide?
Librium
Also known as yellow jackets, yellow, or nembies
Pentobarbital
Also known as rainbows, blues, or bluebirds
Amobarbital
What are other names for secobarbital?
M&M’s, reds, seccies, red devils