Allergies
These are the months of Alaska's allergy season.
What is May through September?
This area of the brain is involved in decision making
What is the prefrontal cortex?
True or false when it comes to getting hydrated all fluids like juice, tea, soup, coffee count
What is true?
Who is Otis Campbell?
Taken together with calcium, this medication important especially in Alaska helps protect older adults from osteoporosis
What is Vitamin D?
True or false, the cottonwood "fluff" that we see in late June to mid-July is pollen
What is false, the fluff is not pollen, it is the means of dispersing seed.
Long term damage from drug and alcohol use to the prefrontal cortex takes a certain period to repair.
What is two years?
True or false when it comes to checking the hydration status of your urine, darker is always better.
What is false. Color should be yellow, straw color but not completely clear.
What is Thiamine (B1)?
If your PA or NP is working with someone to quit smoking and is starting a nicotine patch you should start with a 14 mg patch daily if your a light smoker of this many cigarettes/day
moderate smokers 10-29 per day - 21 mg patch
Heavy >29 cpd, start with 21 mg and a 7mg patch
This type of medication (Benadryl, Claritin, Zyrtec) bocks a signaling chemical.
What are antihistamines?
Percent of overall population at risk for AUD or SUD?
What is 10%?
The average adult loses about how many cups of water daily.
What is 10 cups?
Name 2 foods that have thiamine
What are Legumes, Whole Grain Bread and Pasta, Fortified Breakfast Cereal, Liver, Salmon, sunflower seeds, ham?
this medication is similar to Benadryl and is uses for nausea, anxiety, sleep and one should drink plenty of fluids while taking.
What is hydroxyzine?
Repetitive use of these are known to cause your nose stuffiness and swelling to worsen?
What are decongestants?
Decongestants reduce nose stuffiness by shrinking swollen membranes in the nose. (Sudafed, Afrin, Phenylephrine)
Risk Factors that increase chance of developing an addiction to alcohol or drugs (There are 5 I'm looking for but name at least 2)
What is a family history of AUD or SUD
Starting to use at younger age
ACE (Adverse childhood experiences)
High tolerance (your body lets you over consume)
Dual Diagnosis (mental health and AUD or SUD)
This group of individuals need more water because they do not concentrate urine well, and they usually drink less because they do not detect thirst well.
What are seniors or those of advanced age?
This medication is often given if you have pre-diabetes...don't think most popular! You may see weight loss while it improves your overall blood sugar.
What is metformin?
This medication is helpful for THC use disorder, neuropathy from diabetes, pain, seizures
What is gabapentin?
Type of allergy shot or allergy therapy that expose you over time to gradual increments of your allergens. It helps you learn to tolerate it rather and reacting with those annoying allergy symptoms.
What is immunotherapy?
To be part of the 80-90% that will achieve recovery in 5 years per the authors of Understanding Addiction these are the things that need to take place (7 of them, name at least 3)
What are
abstinence monitoring
CBT
coping skills
MH care
12-step or some kind of support group
Medical Care
Healthy living
If my urine is cloudy, I might have...
What is a urinary tract infection or STD/STI?
This is diagnosed when a client has three or more of these conditions:
High blood glucose (sugar)
Low levels of HDL (good cholesterol)
High levels of triglycerides in the bloos
Large waste circumference or "apple shaped" body
High blood pressure
What is metabolic syndrome?
What is Suboxone or buprenorphine?
Contains naloxone which protects from OD
other names Subutex