The Brain
Heroin
Opioids
Addiction
Other
100
The receptor that Herion binds to
What is Opioid
100
What forms can heroin come in?
What is white powder, brown powder, or a black sticky substance
100
What do opioids treat when in their prescribed form?
What is severe pain that lasts for an extended period of time.
100
Can a person get addicted to heroin?
What is yes
100
What is a speedball?
What is mixture of heroin and cocaine
200
the areas of the brain heroin binds to
What is many areas, including those involved in pain and pleasure
200
What are short term effects of Heroin?
What is euphoria, dry mouth, heavy hands and feet, clouded mental functioning, going "off the nod".
200
True/False: Fatal side effects will occur if mixed with alcohol
What is true
200
When using heroin regularly, what can you develop?
What is tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
200
What is used if a person ODs?
What is Naloxone
300
what is a specific area that opioid receptors are located
What is brain stem
300
What are some long term effects of heroin?
What is collapsed veins, infection of the heart lining and valves, abscesses (swollen tissue filled with pus), constipation and stomach cramping, liver or kidney disease and lung complications, including various types of pneumonia 
300
What is fentanyl?
What is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic, used to treat patients with severe pain or to manage pain after surgery.
300
What are some requirements for a substance use disorder?
What is after continued use of the drug causes issues, such as health problems and failure to meet responsibilities at work, school, or home.
300
How does Naloxone work?
What is It works by rapidly binding to opioid receptors and blocking the effects of heroin and other opioid drugs.
400
opioids cause a loss of what area of the brain
What is white matter
400
What are two forms of treatment?
What is behavioral and medication
400
What percentage of heroin user report misusing prescription opioids prior to heroin?
What is 80%
400
Are you paying attention?
What is yes/no
400
What are two medications that can be used to treat heroin addiction?
What is buprenorphine and methadone
500
What areas can be affected by the lose of white matter
What is white matter decision-making, behavioral control, and responsiveness to stressful situations
500
Heroin in made from this...
What is morphine, harvested from the seed pod of the Asian opium poppy plant
500
Can you get addicted to opioids even when the prescription is given by a doctor?
What is yes
500
What are withdrawal symptoms?
What is muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps ("cold turkey"), uncontrollable leg movements ("kicking the habit") and severe heroin cravings
500
How do buprenorphine and methadone work?
What is they work by binding to the same opioid receptors in the brain as heroin but more weakly, reducing cravings and withdrawal symptoms.
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