Addiction
The brain's feel-good chemical, which is released in large amounts during drug use, hijacking the reward system and increasing the level of addiction
What is dopamine
The drug class C-V (cough medicines with Codeine) has the highest potential for abuse.
False
What are the 4 feel good neurotransmitters?
Dopamine, Serotonin, endorphins, oxytocin
Slowed reaction time, slurred speech, high heart rate, nausea, and vomiting
What are the SHORT term effects of alcohol
What study demonstrated the importance of social connections with addiction?
The Rate Park Study
This colorless, odorless, and highly addictive drug is the active ingredient in tobacco products.
What is Nicotine
What drug class increases energy, alertness, and heart rate (nicotine, caffeine, meth, cocaine)
Stimulants
How to get a healthy source of oxytocin?
Hugs, friendship, trust
Addiction, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hardened and narrowed arteries, yellow teeth, weakened immune system, cancers
What are the long term effects of tobacco?
What happens after you relapse?
You go under withdraw and stress
The most commonly abused drug.
What is alcohol
_____ substance is a hallucinogen and a Stimulant and can cause dehydration, overheating, serotonin syndrome, and is sometimes used in PTSD research.
MDMA
What causes neurotransmitter imbalance?
Genetics, stress, poor nutrients, trauma, certain medication
Euphoria, rapid or irregular heartbeat, dry mouth, intense itching, decreased appetite, hyper-activity, suppressed immune sleeplessness, cravings
What are the SHORT term effects of meth?
What are some medicines that are offered in rehab?
Buprenorphine, Methadone, and Naltrexone
What is the the effect when you stop using drugs?
Withdrawal
One example from C-III drug class includes _______. Known to cause an increase in muscle strength, but also can harm the body much more than it helps with side effects such as anger, road rage and acne.
Steroids
What neurotransmitter is mimicked by ecstasy(MDMA)?
Serotonin
Addiction, brain damage, chronic anxiety, psychosis, memory loss
What are the LONG term effects of cocaine?
What is the first step to recovering from an addiction? ( according to Alcoholics/Narcotics Anonymous)
Admitting that you have an addiction. (according to Alcoholics/Narcotics Anonymous)
When the body becomes accustomed to a drug and needs increasingly larger amounts for the same effect, this has developed.v
Tolerance
Morphine and oxycodone are in what classification of drug?
Opioids or C-II
How does neurotransmitters work?
By carrying a chemical messages from one nerve cell to the next across a tiny gap called synapse
Liver disease, heart disease, pancreatitis, cancer, nutritional deficiencies, weakened immune system
What are the LONG term affects of alcohol?
How can society prevent overdose death?
Distributing Naloxone more widely, reducing the stigma, and giving more money to rehab centers.