Question | Answer |
Antacid | a drug that changes acid into water and salt |
Antihistamine | a drug that reduces swelling of tissues by stopping the leaking of blood plasma from capillaries |
Caffeine | a stimulant found in coffee and tea, cocoa, chocolate, and some soft drinks |
Cocaine | a controlled drug used its stimulant effects |
Controlled drug | they are controlled by the law |
Dependence | needing a certain drug in order to carry out normal daily activities |
Depressants | a drug that slows down messages in nervous system |
Dosage | how much and how often to take a drug |
Drug | a chemical that changes the way a living thing functions when it is taken into the body |
Drug abuse | incorrect or improper use of a drug |
Ethyl alcohol | a drug formed from sugars by yeast that is found in all alcoholic drinks |
Inhalant | drug breathed in through the lungs in order a cause a behavior change |
Nicotine | a stimulant found in tobacco |
Overdose | result of too much of a drug in body |
Over the counter drug | one that you can buy legally without a prescription |
Prescription drug | one that a doc must tell you to take |
Psychedelic drug | one that alters they way the mind works and changes the signals we receive from our sense organs |
Side effect | a change other than expected change caused by drug |
Stimulant | a drug that speeds up body activities that are controlled by nervous system |
Symptom | changes that occur in body as results of disease |