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sub abuse test 1
test 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| drug compounds that affect the central nervous system and alter consciousness and/or perceptions | psychoactive drugs |
| how drug substances alter and affect the brain's mental functions | psychoactive effects |
| new drugs that are developed by people intending to circumvent the illegality of a drug by modifying a drug into a new compound | designer drugs |
| first category of drug users; typified as being in the initial stages of drug use; these people often use drugs for recreational purposes | experimenters |
| second category of drug users, tyified by an insatiable attraction followed by a psychological dependence on drugs | compulsive users |
| third category of drug users; these users vacillate between the need for pleasure seeking and the desire to relieve moderate to serious psychological problems | floaters or chippers |
| what is unique about floaters/chippers? | they typically go after someone else's drugs, not always keeping a supply of the drug on hand |
| legalized drugs such as coffee, alcohol and tobacco | licit drugs |
| illegal drugs such as marijuana, cocaine and LSD | illicit drugs |
| the chemical messengers released by nervous cells for communcation with other cells | neurotransmitters |
| unintended drug responses | side effects |
| intended drug responses | main effects |
| unpleasant effects that occur when use of a drug is stopped | withdrawal |
| correlation between the amount of a drug given and its effects | dose-response |
| amount of a drug necessary to cause an effect | potency |
| capacity of one drug to damage or cause adverse effects in the body | toxicity |
| effects created when drugs are similar and actions are added together | additive interactions |
| ability of one drug to effect another | synergism |
| effects created when drugs cancel one another | antagonistic interaction |
| the study of factors that influence the distribution and concentration of drugs in the body | pharmacokinetics |
| minimum drug dose necessary to cause an effect | threshold dose |
| maximum drug effect, regardless of dose | plateau effect |
| something that causes physical defects in a fetus | teratogenic |
| unexpected effects | paradoxical effects |
| effects caused by suggestion and psychological factors dependent of the pharmacological activity of a drug | placebo effect |
| chemical alteration of drugs by body process | metabolism |
| maintenance of internal stability; often biochemical in nature | homeostasis |
| specialized nerve cells that make up the nervous system and release neurotransmitters | neurons |
| something that causes physical defects in a fetus | teratogenic |
| unexpected effects | paradoxical effects |
| special proteins in a membrane that are activated by natural substances or drugs to alter cell function | receptors |
| effects caused by suggestion and psychological factors dependent of the pharmacological activity of a drug | placebo effect |
| site of communication between a message sending neuron and its message receiving target cell | synapse |
| chemical alteration of drugs by body process | metabolism |
| short branches of neurons that receive transmitter signals | dendrites |
| maintenance of internal stability; often biochemical in nature | homeostasis |
| a type of substance that blocks a receptor | antagonistic |
| specialized nerve cells that make up the nervous system and release neurotransmitters | neurons |
| relating to hormones, their functions and sources | endocrine system |
| an extension of the neuronal cell body along which electrochemical signals travel | axons |
| chemical messengers released into the body by glands | hormones |
| special proteins in a membrane that are activated by natural substances or drugs to alter cell function | receptors |
| site of communication between a message sending neuron and its message receiving target cell | synapse |
| short branches of neurons that receive transmitter signals | dendrites |
| a type of substance that activates a receptor | agonistic |
| a type of substance that blocks a receptor | antagonistic |
| relating to hormones, their functions and sources | endocrine system |
| chemical messengers released into the body by glands | hormones |
| the amount of drug that produces a therapeutic response in 50% of the people taking it | effective dose |
| a comparison of the amoutn of a therapeuticf agent that causes the effect tothe amoutn that causes drug toxicity | therapeutic index |
| a medicine or other remedy, esp. an undiscovered or hypthetical one, with wonderful or highly specific properties | magic bullet |
| why do people use drugs? | -40% are upset - 25% are bored - 25% want to get high |
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