Medicine Safety
What is the difference between prescription medicine and over-the-counter medicine?
Prescription medicine requires a doctors written permission, over-the-counter medicine does not
Name one factor that determine how alcohol affects someone
- Size and gender
- Food in the stomach
- How fast you drink
- Other drugs in the body
What is the difference between stimulants and depressants?
- Stimulants speed up the body's functions
- Depressants slow down the body's functions
The cells that make up the nervous system
Neurons
A substance other than food that changes the structure or functions of the body or mind
Drug
List 3 short term effects of alcohol
- Impaired judgement, reasoning, memory, concentration
- Slowed reaction time, decreased coordination
- Slurred speech, distorted vision and hearing
List three short term effects of marijuana
- Inability to think clearly
- Difficulty paying attention
- Short term memory loss
- Lack of coordination, slowed reaction time
- Increased heart rate and appetite
- Sadness, fearfulness, anxiety
A long bundle of neurons that relay messages to and from the brain and all parts of the body
Spinal cord
Reactions to medicines other than the ones intended
Side effects
List 3 long term effects of alcohol
Brain cell destruction, nervous system disorders, memory loss, high blood pressure, stroke, cirrhosis, liver cancer, irregular heartbeat, damaged heart muscle, ulcers, kidney failure
Drugs that distort moods, thoughts, and senses
Examples; PCP, LSD, Acid
Hallucinogens
What are the two main parts of the central nervous system (CNS)?
Brain and spinal cord
A drug that prevents or cures illness or eases its symptoms
Medicine
Typically, a 12 ounce beer and a 5 ounce glass of wine have the same amount of alcohol as how many ounces of liquor?
1.5 ounces
Give one example of a narcotic
- Heroin
- Morphine
- Codeine
How does alcohol and drug abuse negatively impact the nervous system?
- Impaired memory, thought process, judgement
- Destroys brain cells that can never be replaced
- Some drugs act directly on the brain stem
- irregular heartbeat
- problems breathing, eating, sleeping
- Pharmacy name, address, phone number
- Name of pharmacist, doctor, patient
- Date prescription was filled, refills allowed
- Expiration date
- Directions
- Prescription number
Liver disease that scars and destroys tissue
Cirrhosis
Strong stimulant drugs that speed up the nervous system; commonly called "speed"
Amphetamines
The largest part of the brain; processes thoughts, interprets information from the sense organs, and controls voluntary muscle movement