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Prescription Drug Classes
Drug Scheduling
Neurotransmission
Drugs of Addiction A
Drugs of Addiction B
100
Relieve pain and reduce inflammation by blocking production of prostaglandins.
What are NSAIDs?
100
Abused drugs with no accepted medical use.
What are schedule I?
100
Responsible for the fight or flight response.
What are stress neurons?
100
A drug that affects the human mind.
What is a psychotropic drug?
100
Ethanol is a _________.
What is a depressant?
200
A cough suppressant including codeine and dextromethorphan.
What is an antitussive?
200
Abused drugs, low rate of addiction, and accepted medical uses.
What are schedule V?
200
The neuron responsible for transmitting a signal.
What is the presynaptic neuron?
200
The craving to continue drug use.
What is psychological dependence?
200
Facilitates the release of norepinephrine.
What is caffeine?
300
A drug that inhibits the enzymes that bacteria use to make their cell walls.
What is penicillin?
300
An example of a schedule IV drug.
What is Xanax, Valium, Zantryl, Ambien?
300
An inhibitory neurotransmitter.
What is GABA?
300
A hallucinogenic drug derived from the cactus.
What is Mescaline?
300
Drugs that alter visual perception and skew the user's sense of time.
What are psychedelics?
400
A drug that binds to bacterial ribosomes, inhibiting protein synthesis.
What is a tetracycline?
400
An example of a schedule I drug.
What is Heroin, LSD, Marijuana, PCP, China White, or Ecstasy?
400
Nerve impulses are caused by the reverse of ____ flux.
What are sodium ions?
400
Blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine.
What are amphetamines?
400
The need to take a drug to avoid withdraw.
What is physical dependence?
500
Pseudoephedrine is a __________.
What is a decongestant?
500
An example of a schedule II drug?
What is Morphine, Cocaine, Demerol, Methamphetamine, Ritalin, Opium, or Methadone?
500
The neurotransmitter with a similar structure to LSD.
What is serotonin?
500
Experiencing hallucinations when not taking a drug.
What are flashbacks?
500
An addictive drug originally used as a cough suppressant.
What is heroin?