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Drug Addiction
Question | Answer |
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Barbiturates | overdose is lethal, can cause coma, respiratory arrest, cardiac failure, and death in ICU using lavage, or dialysis and support respiratory and cardio function |
Benzodiazapines | gastric lavage, followed by ingestion of activated charcoal and a saline cathartic, dialysis can be used is symptoms are severe |
Amphetamines | chlorpromazine (Thorazine) controls hallucinations, lowers BP and relieves nausea |
Cannabis | dronabinol (Marinol) and nabilone (Cesamet) |
Opiods | naloxone (Narcan), given every few hours until drug level drops to nontoxic, may take days Methadone can be used as a replacement drug, tapered to reduce symptoms |
Hallucinogens | meds used to control seizures and BP, cooling blankets, mechanical ventilation |
Inhalants | support symptoms No antidotes |
methohexital (Brevital), pentobarbital (Nembutal), phenobarbital (Luminal) | Barbiturates |
larazepam (Ativan), diazepam (Valium), clonazepam (Klonopin), temazepam (Restoril), midazolam (Versed), alprazolam (Xanax) | Benzodiazapines |
methylphenidate (Ritalin, Methylin) | Amphetamines |
meperidine (Demerol), propoxyphene, heroin, normethadone | Opiods |
mescaline, psilocybin, lysergic acid diethylamide, ecstasy, PCP | Hallucinogens |
anesthetics, nitrates, organic solvents | Inhalants |