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Pharm Lesson 14
The following are activities related to the key terms for the chapter.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Addiction | Physical and/or psychological dependence on a substance, especially alcohol or drugs, with use of increasing amounts (tolerance) and withdrawal reactions |
| Antidepressant | Medication used to treat patients with various types of depression; sometimes called mood elevators |
| Antipsychotic | Major tranquilizers used to relieve symptoms of psychoses or severe neuroses; sometimes called neuroleptics |
| Anxiolytics | Antianxiety medications (tranquilizers) used for the short-term treatment of anxiety disorders, neurosis, some psychosomatic disorders, and insomnia |
| Ataxia | Defective muscular coordination, especially with voluntary muscular movements (for example walking) |
| Atypical antipsychotics | A newer class of antipsychotics with less potential for adverse effects, such as extrapyramidal symptoms and tardive dyskinesia |
| Bipolar disorder | Manic-depressive mental disorder in which the mood fluctuates from mania to depression |
| Chemical dependency | Condition in which alcohol or drugs have taken control of an individual’s life and affect normal functioning |
| Extrapyramidal | Disorder of the brain characterized by tremors, parkinson-like symptoms, dystonic twisting of body parts, or tardive dyskinesia, sometimes associated with prolonged use of antipsychotic drugs and some other CNS drugs |
| Heterocyclics | Second-generation cyclic antidepressants with very different adverse effect profiles |
| Monamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) | Antidepressant agents used to increase serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine levels Neurotransmitters |
| Psychotropic | Any substance that acts on the mind |
| Selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) | Antidepressants that block the reabsorption of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine, thus helping to restore the brain’s chemical balance |
| Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) | Antidepressants that block the reabsorption of the neurotransmitter serotonin, thus helping to restore the brain’s chemical balance |
| Tardive dyskinesia (TD) | Slow, rhythmical, stereotyped, involuntary movements such as tics |
| Tricyclics | Antidepressants that elevate the mood, have a mild sedative effect, and increase appetite |
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