General Questions
True or False
Drug Facts
Commonly Abused OTC drugs
OTC Meds and Potential Risks
100
This is the type of drug that people misuse and doesn't require a prescription.
What is an over the counter drug?
100
Getting high on prescription OTC drugs is safer than using illegal drugs.
What is false? All drugs are unsafe and can be lethal.
100
This OTC medication has some of the highest alcohol concentration.
What is cough syrup?
100
These OTC drugs are used to relieve pain.
What are pain relievers?
100
Using cough medicine can lead to relapse on this substance.
What is alcohol?
200
You should always remind your doctor about these.
What are previous conditions? (medications, addiction)
200
Many people believe it is safe to abuse OTC drugs because they are readily available.
What is true?
200
This OTC pill can cause serious dehydration, gastric reflux, panic attacks, heart irregularities, and death.
What is a caffeine pill? An examples includes NoDoz. Highly caffeinated drinks, like Redbull, can do the same.
200
This OTC medication is kept behind the pharmacy counter due to federal law that limits the purchase quantity.
What is a nasal decongestant?
200
These are potential risks in using specific OTC medications.
What are relapse and addiction?
300
More people abuse these OTC drugs than any other.
What are cold and flu medications?
300
Laxatives can increase hydration, and add minerals and salts to help regulate the body's water, regulate acidity in the blood, and help with muscle function.
What is false? They do the opposite.
300
This is found in many cold medicines, used as a nasal decongestant, and has similar side effects to amphetamines.
What is Pseudoephedrine?
300
This medication can be used as a sleep aid, allergy reliever, and for motion sickness.
What is Diphenhydramine? Examples include Benadryl and Unisom.
300
This pain reliever can cause gastric bleeding when over used.
What is ibuprofen (Advil)?
400
This develops when one uses a drug for an extended period of time and no longer gets the desired affects from the same amount used before.
What is tolerance?
400
Taking a higher than recommended dose of pain relievers will help them work faster.
What is false? This can result in liver failure (Tylenol), stomach bleeding (NSAIDs like Advil), kidney failure, and cardiac arrest.
400
This type of OTC pill can cause hallucinations similar to street drugs in large doses.
What is a motion sickness pill? Examples include Dramamine and Benadryl.
400
Caffeine and ephedrine are the main ingredients of this OTC pill.
What is a diet pill?
400
In high doses, this OTC drug can cause ringing in the ears, nausea, irregular heartbeat, seizures, coma, and death.
What is Dimenhydrinate? This can be found in Dramamine.
500
This occurs when you are taking more than one medication at a time and the effects are more dangerous.
What is a synergistic effect?
500
Bitter orange acts like ephedrine in the body and can cause nervousness, tremors, stroke, heart failure, and death.
What is true? Bitter orange is found in diet pills.
500
This is an active ingredient in more than 100 OTC cough and cold medicines, such as Robitussin and Nyquil. In large doses it can cause euphoria, distortions of color and sound, and out-of-the-body hallucinations. Dangerous side effects include impaired judgment, vomiting, loss of muscle movement, seizures, blurred vision, drowsiness, shallow breathing, and fast heart rate.
What is Dextromethophan (DXM)? It can result in withdrawal symptoms including depression and difficulty processing thoughts when the drug is stopped.
500
This OTC drug can act as a mild stimulant and disturb visual perceptions, even in low doses.
What is DXM (Dextromethorphan)? This is found in Nyquil and Robitussin.
500
This drug can lead to benzo, opioid, and / or alcohol relapse due to the significant sedative side effects on the central nervous system.
What is Diphenhydramine? This can be found in Advil PM, Unisom, Sominex, and Tylenol PM.
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