Medications and Drugs

PowerPoint Notes

100

Unlike food, drugs do not provide your body with any_________?

Nutrients

200

What is physical dependence on a drug?

The body's chemical need for the drug

300

This term is a negative symptom that is a result when a drug-dependent person stops taking a drug

withdrawal

400

What is physiological dependence for a drug?

The mental or emotional need for a drug

500

What are the 5 things that all prescription labels have on them?

1. Special Warnings

2. Patients Name

3. Directions for taking taking the medicine

4. name of the drug

5. doctors name

10.1

100

What are the two categories of drugs?

Legal and Illegal

200

Drugs are substances that change the way the _______ and _______ function.

Body, Brain

300

The amount of medication taken at one time is called the ________?

Dose

400

What are you checking on the label of medication to make sure it is still good?

Expiration Date 

500

What is the term with medication is taken in a way that does not follow the medications instructions?

Medication Misuse

10.1

100

Are all drugs considered medications?

NO

200

What medications can be bought a the store without a doctors note?

(OTC) Over the Counter

300

What is the term for when someone is intentionally taking medication for reasons other than their intended purpose?  

Medication Abuse

400

An unpleasant and unwanted symptom that occurs from taking a medication?

Side-effect

500

The term for taking too much of a medication; often causes dangerous; life-threatening consequences?

Overdose

10.2

100

This drug is made up of the dried parts of the cannabis plant?

Marijuana 

200

This is drug comes usually in the form of white powder and is derived from the Coco plant.

Cocaine

300

I marijuana legal? Please explain

Some states have made it legal, but it is still illegal at the federal level.

400

This term is for when someone is completely dependent on a drug, and their body mind crave it.

Drug Addiction

500

These are chemicals that people breathe in for a high?

Inhalents

10.2

100

These are drugs that alter the way people view, think and feel.  They lead to sensations that seem real but are not.

Hallucinogens

200

This drug is made from a substance derived from the opium poppy plant

Heroin

300

What is a long term risk with with methamphetamines over a long period of time where your teeth become broken and rotten

Meth Mouth

400

Anabolic Steroids are ___________ hormones, meaning they were created in a _________?

artificial, lab

500

What are the 4 stages of drug addiction?

experimentation, regular use, tolerance, and dependence