Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

Addictionology

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Question
Answer
Stimulant Effects   Sweating, increased heartbeat, dilation of pupils, increased body temperature, increased BP, “RUSH”:(feeling of euphoria and powerfulness)  
🗑
Stimulant problems   Respiratory problems.Damaged nasal and bronchial passages.  
🗑
Cardiovascular stimulant problems   Increased heart diseases b/c the first place a drug goes to the heart b/c of the blood vessels carry the drugs.  
🗑
Liver stimulant problems   Damage to liver from metabolizing the drug.  
🗑
CNS   Cocaine is a vasoconstrictor (narrowing of blood vessels)Strokes are a common result. b/c you are not getting the needed blood to the areas.  
🗑
Freud   used cocaine in his research, diluted the value of his research. Proved human beings have a 24 hour cycle in a day. Very embarrassed about his use of it. Thought of it as cure for depression, and cure for opiate addiction.  
🗑
1800-1900’s Cocaine   was thought of as a mild vice.  
🗑
Hx of Cocaine & Coca Cola   did Coke have cocaine in it? YES. 1906 Pure FDA De-cocained the leaves  
🗑
Nuero T’s and Cocaine   massive release of Dopamine AND blocks reabsorption, meaning makes it so the brain can’t “suck” it back up into the synaptic gap.  
🗑
Cocaine fun-fact   Cocaine can “autometabolize” after death. That means it will continue to reduce in potency in the blood even if someone has died. Little enzymes like to eat it up.  
🗑
Amphetamines   first isolated in 1887. Benzedrine (Bennys) were considered a safe alternative to cocaine.  
🗑
Transition of amphetamines to METH amphetamines   synthesized in 1893 in Japan. METH makes it longer lasting, BUT speeds the absorption and potency.  
🗑
METH   MORE POTENT and MORE RAPIDLY ABSORBED  
🗑
NICOTINE   is a stimulant, with some depressant EFFECTS.  
🗑
NICOTINE   After WWI, were distributed to the troops with their meals.  
🗑
Nicotine use increased   By 1960, 52% of males, 32% used tobacco.  
🗑
Nicotine in 1990   more 6 yr olds could recognize Joe Camel than Mickey Mouse.  
🗑
Nicotine and content   Legally proven in court, tobacco manipulate the nicotine content, THE POTENCY, in cigarette’s to KEEP the smoker ADDICTED.  
🗑
Nicotine PharmacologyCNS Stimulant or depressant in the short term?   it's a stimulants b/c increases heart rate and B/P but...a depressant:Vasodialation and dopamine release will often lower the HR and B/P.  
🗑
Nicotine short term vs long term use    
🗑
Nicotine Lethal Dose   60 mg. 1 cig=10mg.  
🗑
Nicotine and Chemicals   There are hundreds of active chemicals in tobacco, there are thousands of chemicals in tobacco after you light it on fire.  
🗑
Nicotine and cancer   Nicotine causes cancer.  
🗑
Nicotine and withdrawal symptoms   A large part of the positive relaxation part of a cigarette is a reduction in acute withdrawal symptoms.  
🗑
1923 Lung cx   was NOT listed as a disease. Were not aware this happened  
🗑
behavioral component of smoking   When something has a behavioral component, society feels ppl bring it on themselves, let them deal with it.  
🗑
Hallucinogens   actually a misnomer (named incorrectly) some hallucinogen (something that is not there) users see hallucinations, typically they experience delusions  
🗑
Hallucination   perception in the absence of stimulus  
🗑
Delusion   Misinterpretation of reality, an existing stimulant.  
🗑
Hallucinogens   Effects rely heavy on the setting.Cz’s random firing in the brain. Subjective feeling to the significance of the events.  
🗑
(HPPD)Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder   effect of a return of some of the symptoms of hallucinogen intoxication. Better known as “flashbacks”.  
🗑
(HPPD) Common forms   tracers and general feeling that something is not right.  
🗑
Other Hallucinogens   Mescaline, found in Peyote. Psilocybin: active ingredient in mushrooms. Nutmeg - vomits for an hour, then small amount of hallucination.  
🗑
Inhalant’s   class of drugs see a spike at 8th grade b/c it is easily available in home and cheap.  
🗑
Inhalant’s administration   Snorting/sniffing, bagging-limits the oxygen and concentrates the substance, huffing, spraying directly into the nose and mouth  
🗑
Inhalants: the Common substances abused   DANGEROUS!DANGEROUS!DANGEROUS! Toluene: one of the most abused solvents. Higher level of toluene,the better the high.  
🗑
Anoxia   lack of oxygen to the brain. Is caused by inhaled and by the bonding effect to the lung tissue.  
🗑
Anabolic Steroids   Increase testosterone. Increases muscle mass and decreases the time for healing  
🗑
Androgenic Steroids   increase or mimic male hormones for a variety of goals.  
🗑
Common types of steroid use   Mega dosing-takes large dose Cycling-multiple doses over time with periods of abstinence to reduce the tolerance Stacking-more than one type at a time Array-taking other medications in conjunction to combat the side effects  
🗑
Steroid abuse symptoms   embalancing testosterone cz's physical aspects to change: men get breast, penis shrink's, voice changes, women get harrier, clitoris enlarges,  
🗑
symptoms   Swelling of feet or lower limbs. foul smelling breath, changes in skin, acne. Increase or decrease in body hair, male-pattern baldness, shrinkage of testi's, atrophy of penis in males, Enlargement of male breasts, breast reduction in females. enlargement  
🗑
symptoms continued: enlargement of external genitalia in females. Depression. Restlessness. Loss of appetite. Diminished sex drive HA Insomnia.    
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: mcbeats
Popular Medical sets