Key Terms
Behavioral addiction
What is process addiction?
Most widely used psychoactive substance in the world
What is caffeine?
Unresponsiveness, slow respiration, coma, hypothermia, hypotension, bradycardia, pinpoint pupils, and respiratory depression
What are the symptoms of opioid overdose?
Methadone, clonidine, buprenorphine
What are the medications used during opioid withdrawal treatment?
Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, are designed to deliver nicotine or related substances to users in the form of a ______.
What is vaping?
When someone is in the process of using a substance to excess
What is intoxication?
Third most commonly used psychoactive drug in the United States after alcohol, and illicit drugs
What is cannabis?
Promoting breathing by aspirating secretions, inserting an airway, and mechanical ventilation.
What is the beginning of treatment for an opioid overdose?
Group and individual therapy, diazepam for any agitation, depression treatment once withdrawal is complete
What is the withdrawal treatment for cocaine and other stimulant drugs?
4 question screening tool to identify alcohol abuse
What is the CAGE questionnaire?
Chronic medical condition with roots in the environment, neurotransmission, genetics, and life experiences
What is addiction?
Cause a profound disturbance in reality
What are hallucinogens?
A specific opioid antagonist that has FDA approval for opioid overdose and can be given intranasally, intramuscularly, subcutaneously, or intravenously.
What is Naloxone (Narcan)?
Behavioral therapy, hypnosis, nicotine replacement therapies, bupropion or varenicline
What is the withdrawal treatment for tobacco?
Excessive drinking defined by drinking too much alcohol, too quickly.
What is binge drinking?
When it takes a higher dose of a drug to achieve the initial level of response
What is tolerance?
Solvents, propellants, thinners, and fuels
What are inhalants?
Death due to respiratory arrest
What is a possible outcome of opioid overdose?
Anonymous support groups, SSRIs, bupropion, mood stabilizers, and anticonvulsants
What is the withdrawal treatment for gambling?
This condition is a common cause of intellectual disability in the United States. It can cause microcephaly, craniofacial malformations, and limb and heart defects.
What is fetal alcohol syndrome?
Physiological symptoms that occur when a person stops using a substance
What is withdrawal?
Cravings result in the use of larger amounts, longer periods of use, and increasing tolerance to its effects
What are opioids?
Gastric lavage (stomach pumping/gastric irrigation)
What is the treatment for sedative, hypnotic, and antianxiety medication overdose?
Gradual reduction to prevent seizures
What is the withdrawal treatment for sedative, hypnotic, and antianxiety medication?
This med may be useful in the symptomatic relief of acute agitation, tremor, impending or acute DTs, and hallucinosis.
What is oral diazepam (Valium)?