Drugs
Name the term for what can happen if you take an antihistamine and cold medicine together
Drug interaction
What is the term for a medicine that relieves pain?
Analgesics
A term used for a drug/medicine that changes how a person perceives, thinks, or feels
Psychoactive
A condition in which a user needs more of a drug to feel the same effect felt when first using the drug
Drug tolerance
What are the 2 sources that drugs and medicine come from?
Natural and chemical
What is the term for a medicine that relieves allergy symptoms?
Antihistamines
Any effect that is caused by a drug and that is different from the drug’s intended effect
Side effect
Uncomfortable physical and psychological symptoms produced when a physically dependent drug user stops using drugs
Withdrawl
Name the 3 characteristics of a good medicine
Safe
Effective
Have minor side effects
A medicine that can be obtained only with a written order from a doctor
Prescription
Any substance that causes a change in a person’s physical or psychological state
Drug
A condition in which a person can no longer control their drug use
Addiction
The chemical component that gives medicine its action
Active Ingredient
A medicine that is made by a company other than the company that developed the medicine
Generic medicine
When a drug reacts with another drug, food, or dietary supplement such that the effect of one of the substances is greater or smaller
Drug interaction
List the 6 ways that drugs can enter your body
Implanted pumps, Inhalation, Injection, Ingestion, Transdermal patch, Topical application
Any medicine that can be bought without a prescription
Over the counter medicine
Any drug used to cure, prevent, or treat illness or discomfort
Medicine