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An estimated 6.5 million Americans have abused prescription drugs in the last ______.
What is month.
The common street name for the popular cns depressant – Xanax – is?
What is bars / 4 bars.
Opioids are medications that are prescribed to ______.
What is relieve pain.
Stimulants, as the name suggests, are prescribed to increase what? (3 answers listed, get 1 and get the points!)
What is alertness, attention, and energy.
CNS Depressants, sometimes referred to as sedatives and tranquilizers, are substances that can slow brain activity, making them useful for treating ___ and sleep disorders.
What is anxiety
The following information describes what?: an uncontrollable craving for the drug/alcohol, loss of control, continued use despite negative consequences, psychological dependence, physical dependence, and a chronic, biological brain disease.
What is Addiction.
Prescription and OTC drugs are the 3rd most commonly abused drugs by Americans. The most commonly abused drugs are ____ and ____.
What are marijuana and alcohol.
A popular teen trend of taking medications from their parents medicine cabinet, mixing them in a bowl, and taking whatever handful they pull out, is known as what kind of party?
What is a skittles/pharm party
Some common medications that fall into this category include: (hint: there are 4 listed, but get 1 and still get the points!)
What are: hydrocodone (Vicodin), oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet), morphine (Kadian, Avinza), and codeine.
- Hydrocodone is the most commonly prescribed for a variety of painful conditions
The most commonly prescribed stimulants include: (hint: there are 5 listed, get 1 and get the points!)
What is Adderall, Vyvanse, Ritalin, Concerta, and Focalin
Some common CNS Depressants include: (hint: there are multiple listed, but can get 1 and still get the points!)
What are: benzodiazepines (Valium and Xanax), non-benzo sleep medications (Ambien and Lunesta), and barbiturates (mephobarbital, phenobarbital, and pentobarbital.
A support group for men and women who have a desire to stop using drugs or alcohol.
What are 12 step meetings/ fellowships (AA, NA, CA, CMA, DAA, SMART recovery, Celebrate Recovery)
Which gender is more likely to abuse prescription drugs.
What is female.
A popular drink made from sprite, a jolly rancher, and cough syrup is called what?
What is lean.
- the cough syrup used typically contains codeine and promethazine : The codeine is mainly responsible for the euphoric feeling after drinking lean. Promethazine causes motor skill impairment, lethargy, extreme drowsiness, as well as a disassociative feeling from all other parts of the body.
- overdose is extremely easy as since it is easy for the user to lose track of how much they have had.
Research now suggests that the abuse of prescription opioid medications such as Oxycontin and Vicodin actually opens the door to ___ abuse/dependence due to their similar effects.
WHAT IS HEROIN
- Nearly half of people surveyed reported abusing prescription opioids before starting to use heroin
This ADHD stimulant drug, ____ , is most commonly abused by students.
What is Adderall
The most commonly abused OTC drugs are: ___ and cold remedies containing dextromethorphan.
What is cough
________________ is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction.
What is Dopamine
Approximately how many Emergency Department visits are attributed to prescription drug abuse each year?
WHAT IS 1 MILLION.
- 343,000 involved opioid pain relievers, a rate more than double that of 5 years prior
- 22,000 involved stimulants, a rate that has also doubled
- 363,000 involved CNS depressants, with Xanax and Ambien making up half of that number alone
- the final 272,000 involved multiple drugs
Gaining popularity in 2005 and causing an epidemic in dallas, a mixture of black tar heroin and an over the counter cold medication, usually Tylenol PM is called?
What is cheese.
Possible consequences of opioid use and abuse includes: drowsiness, constipation, severe respiratory depression, and ___
What is death.
- More people die from overdoses of prescription opioids than from all other drugs combined, including heroin and cocaine.
Stimulants, such as Ritalin, achieve their effects by acting on the same neurotransmitter system in the brain as another popular street drug. What drug is this?
What is cocaine.
_________, contained in some common over the counter medications, when abused can cause impaired motor function, numbness, nausea, vomiting, increased heart rate and blood pressure, and on rare occasions hypoxic brain damage.
What is Dextromethorphan (DXM)
- Dextromethorphan can be found in: Alka Seltzer Plus™, Delsym™, Dimetapp™, Mucinex DM™, Pediacare™, Robitussin™, Theraflu™, Triaminic™, Tylenol Cough & Cold™, Vicks DayQuil™/NyQuil™, Vicks Formula 44™ and more, including store brand versions of these products.
For the best chance of staying sober, what is the MINIMUM length of time a person should stay in treatment?
What is 90 days
- this might look like 90 - 12 step meetings in 90 days recommended by someone's sponsor or it could be a combination of 30 days residential treatment and 60 days in outpatient treatment (like at Right Step)
- The relapse rate is 53% for those who are in treatment for less than 90 days and 19% for 90 or more days in treatment.