Science of Addiction
An intense, urgent, or overwhelming desire or urge to consume a specific substance
What is a craving?
The title of the staff member at HNE responsible for determining your next level of care.
What is diphenhydramine or Benadryl?
HIV stands for this
What is Human Immunodeficiency Virus?
This term describes a treatable mental disorder that affects brain and behavior, leading to loss of control over substance use.
What is Substance Use Disorder (SUD)?
Typically the first level of care in the detox process, ATS, stands for this
What is Acute Treatment Services?
What is epinephrine or epi-pen?
PAWS, or post-acute w/d syndrome, can sometimes last for this long?
These blank (like people or places) can cause cravings and increase potential for relapse even years after recovery
What are triggers?
This level, typically follows inpatient detox and allows patients to receive a full day of treatment daily but return home or to sober living afterward.
What is PHP?
This medication is used to reverse opiate overdose, usually given intranasally.
What is Narcan or Naloxone?
This class of medications are prescribed for anxiety but are addictive and can lead to SUD.
What are Benzodiazepines?
A physiological state where the body and brain become accustomed to a substance after repeated use, resulting in a diminished response to the same dose
What is tolerance?
This level of care provides several hours of treatment a few days weekly, allowing for more freedom for work/life
What is IOP?
This medication used for nausea at HNE can be given sublingual, oral, or intramuscular.
What is Zofran or Ondansetron?
The only form of hepatitis that is treatable with anti-viral medication leaving it almost undetectable in the body.
What is Hep C?
The main "feel-good" neurotransmitter, responsible for pleasure and motivation, that gets released into the brain when illicit substances are consumed.
What is dopamine?
This less-intense level of care includes methadone or suboxone clinics.
What is outpatient or OP?
This medication is typically the first line of treatment for constipation.
Hepatitis A is transmitted through this route?
What is through contaminated water/food or fecal/oral route?