Over the Counter Drugs
What is one example of an OTC drug?
Tylenol
Advil
Cough Syrup
Tums
Vitamins
ETC.
What is: a pharmaceutical drug that legally requires a medical prescription from a licensed professional
Prescription Drug
In one word, what is narcan?
Adrenaline
True or False:
Even though interventionist are extremely helpful and should be use they do not always need to be used during an intervention
True
What substance is the most commonly abused and the 3rd most common cause of deaths in the US
Alcohol
What is: drugs bought without a prescription
Over the Counter Drugs
What is: A drug that inhibits the functions of the central nervous system by increasing activity
Stimulant
So many people become addicted to opioids because they were prescribed an opioid after surgery or when the got hurt. What is one way to protect yourself from this happening?
Ask for something else
Only take what is prescribed
Stop taking them as soon as you no longer need them, even if there's some left in the bottle
What is: giving someone or something the authority or means to do something?
Examples: Ignoring there is a problem/offers financial help
True or False: CBD in marijuana is psychoactive and helps with pain, inflammation, and controlling epileptic seizures
FALSE
CBE is non-psychoactive THC is psychoactive
List two side effects of over the counter drugs
Nausea/Vomiting
Dizziness
Headache
Bleeding in digestive track
Damage to liver and kidneys
Fast heart rate
Heart Attack
List the four kinds of Prescription drugs
Antibiotics
Depressants
Stimulants
Opioids
Each time an abuser uses an opioid their levels of what decrease so they are not able to reach the same high they did the first time
Dopamine
List the 4 types of intervention
Simple
Classical
Family Systems
Crisis
Cocaine is made from what herbal leaf?
Coca Leaf
True or False: After withdrawals from OTC drugs your brain can go back to functioning normally without the drug
TRUE
When taking antibiotics, what would you also want to consume so that you do not get yeast infections
Probiotics
True or False:
If a person stops breathing after a does of narcan it is NOT okay to give them another dose.
False
Another dose might be needed and should be given if the person stops breathing
During what kind of intervention do you want anyone who is affected by the addicted persons behavior to participate?
Family Systems Intervention
What cooking show hosts two friends who often use marijuana in their recipes?
Martha and Snoops Pot Luck Dinner Party
True or False: antibiotics are over the counter drugs
FALSE
they must be prescribed
What kind of class of drugs can be life threatening if you were to go cold turkey after being fully addicted?
Depressants
In a short sentence or two explain how the heroin epidemic started
Big Pharma pushed the use of opioids saying it wasn't addictive
Doctors where over prescribing
People got addicted
80% of addicts' switched from prescription pills to heroin because it was cheaper and easier to get
List 3 of the steps you should take for an intervention
Make a plan
Form a team
Decide on specific consequences
Write what you want to say
Hold the meeting
Follow up with the person
In 2018 more than 70 people overdosed in one day at Yale University because the marijuana purchased in the area was laced with what drug?
Fentanyl