Essential Question: How do Medicines help the body?

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Essential Question How do Medicines help the
body?

• Everybody becomes ill or gets hurt
• Bacteria and Viruses
• Allergies
• Accidents and other injuries

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Drugs

• Drug - a substance, other than food, that affects
  the way the body or mind works.
• Medicine - a drug used to prevent, treat, or cure
  an illness
• Illegal drugs- cause changes in the body that do
  not improve your health. They are harmful and
  can cause death.

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Medicines

• Help to improve health
• Vaccines
• Antibiotics
• Pain relievers

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Medicines

• Help with problems such as allergies, asthma,
  diabetes, high blood pressure, heart problems,
  and other medical problems that affect the body.

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Prescription Medicines

• Doctors consider a patients symptoms, age,
  weight, and allergies before writing a
  prescription medicine.
• The medicine can only be used by the person the
  prescription is written for.
• It is dangerous to take someone elses medicine.

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Over-the-Counter Medicines (OTC)

• OTC medicine that can be bought without a
  prescription.
• OTC medicines treat minor health problems.
• OTC are for short term use
• Cough medicines, nasal sprays, aspirin, pain
  relievers are examples of OTC medicine.

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OTC Medicines

• OTC can be harmful if not used correctly.
• Use with adult supervision.
• Read and follow the directions on the label.
• Labels explain what the medicine treats and how
  it should be taken.
• Labels also tells the length of time to take the
  medicine
• Labels also list warnings

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Warnings or dangers

• Examples of warnings
• Adults only
• Children and teens should not use this medicine
  for flu symptoms
• Do not use if you have high blood pressure
• Can cause sleepiness
• Can cause certain allergic reactions
• Do not use while driving or operating heavy
  machinery.

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How Medicines Affect the Body

• Medicines come in many forms such as, creams,
  sprays, liquids, tablets, or drops
• Different medicines cause side effects.
• Side effects are unwanted effects of a medicine.
• Side effects sleepy, dizziness, rashes,
  vomiting, seizures, or just a strange feeling.

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Side Effects

• Avoid taking two or more different medicines at
  the same time without your doctors directions.
• It is important for your parents to ask the
  doctor or pharmacist before giving you more than
  one medicine at a time.
• Always read the Drug Facts on the back of the
  medicnie

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Myth and Fact

• Myth all medicines made with natural
  ingredients are safe.
• Fact Natural does not always mean safe. Always
  consult a doctor before using medicines.
• Example ephedura, or ma hung is a dangerous
  herbal drug that can cause heart attacks and
  strokes.

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Medicines can help or hurt the body

• Always use medicines the way they are suppose to
  be used.
• Read the labels on prescription medicines and OTC
  medicines
• Never take someone elses medicines
• Ask your doctor or pharmacist questions about the
  medicine
• Be careful with Natural Medicines
• All medicines can cause side effects

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Medicine Use, Misuse, and Abuse

• Use medicines safely
• Medicines will help only if used correctly
• Store medicines correctly, they may not work if
  they are stored incorrectly.
• Most medicines should be kept in a cool, dark
  place, away from moisture.
• Some medicines must be kept in the refrigerator.
• Always check medicines for proper storage.
• You must also be careful about the foods you eat
  when taking some medicines
• Some foods stop medicines from working.

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Using Medicines Safely

• Some Antibiotics should not be taken with fruit
  juice. The acid reduces the ability of the
  antibiotic.
• Using medicine safely requires a lot of care and
  caution

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Medicine Misuse

• Medicine Misuse taking a medicine without
  following the directions.
• Self-medication- deciding on your own what
  medicine to take. Children and teens should never
  take medicine without adult supervision.
• Medicine abuse taking medicine for some other
  reason other than an illness. Examples to get
  high, to have fun, because your friends are doing
  it. This can cause brain damage or damage to the
  nervous system, or death

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Addiction

• People who abuse medicines can develop an
  addiction.
• Addiction is the constant need for and use of a
  drug, even though it is not medically necessary.
• There is a deep feeling that the drug is needed.
• Addiction is dangerous, it can lead to serious
  illness or death.

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Drug Abuse

• Some OTC medicines can be abused.
• Prescription medicines can be abused.
• Pain medicines, sleeping pills, cough syrups,
  and any other type of medicines can be abused.

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Anabolic Steroids

• Anabolic Steroids are medicines used to treat
  certain health problems.
• When they are abused, they can cause unpleasant
  and dangerous health problems.
• Hair loss, irritability, depression, fatigue,
  severe acne, violent behavior, and even death.
• Longtime use can cause liver damage, heart
  disease, and kidney failure.

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Illegal Drugs

• Illegal Drugs are drugs that are not medicines,
  and they are against the law to sell, but, have,
  or use.
• You can go to prison
• They destroy your life
• Harmful effects
• Damage the body, or kill
• Make blood vessels burst in the brain and cause a
  serious stroke.
• Have long term effects memory loss, asthma,
  lung cancer, damage the nose, cause sores to the
  nostrils, loss of appetite, loss of weight, birth
  defects

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Overdose

• Using some illegal drugs can lead to tolerance
• Tolerance the body gets use to the drug
• Tolerance can lead to an overdose.
• Overdose a dangerously large dose of a drug. It
  can cause severe illness or death.
• Users of illegal drugs become drug addicts.

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Drug Addicts

• Drug addicts lives are ruled by drugs.
• No longer care about school, work, family or
  friends.
• They cant stop taking the drug because their
  bodies need it.

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Withdrawals

• If drugs are taken away from a drug addict, he or
  she experiences withdrawal.
• Withdrawal is the painful reaction that occurs
  when someone suddenly stops using a drug.
• Symptoms include, vomiting, shaking, seeing and
  hearing things that arent there, seizures, and
  even death.
• Drug addicts usually need medical help to get
  through withdrawal.

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Cocaine and Crack

• Cocaine is an illegal drug made from the leaves
  of the coca plant. It is a white powder that is
  sniffed through the nose.
• Crack is a rocklike form of cocaine that users
  smoke. It makes a crackling sound when someone
  smokes it.
• Both are extremely harmful
• They cause extreme violence, even to the point of
  killing someone.

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Cocaine and Crack

• The body absorbs crack even faster than powdered
  cocaine.
• There is a sudden intense effect in seconds.
• The effect wears off very quickly, leaving the
  user wanting more.
• Some users become addicted to crack after using
  it only one time.
• It is one of the most addictive illegal drugs
  around.
• It is also one of the most dangerous.
• A first time user could die suddenly from a heart
  attack or seizure

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Marijuana

• Marijuana is an illegal drug that comes from a
  tall, leafy plant with small white and yellow
  flowers.
• Made of crushed dried leaves
• Sometimes called, grass, pot, weed, or Mary Jane
• Hashish the thick, sticky resin is a powerful
  drug that is smoked or eaten

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Marijuana

• It has more than 400 substances that affect the
  body
• Some of the chemicals affect the brain, changing
  the way a user sees, hears, and feels things.
• Causes memory loss, affects the ability to
  concentrate.
• Disrupts nerve cells in the brain
• Makes it difficult to learn anything in school
• Affects coordination make its hard to do
  physical things like playing sports and
  exercising.
• Slows down the reflexes
• Can damage the lungs
• Affects the immune system

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Inhalants

• Chemicals that give off fumes
• Inhalants are common products that some people
  abuse by breathing their fumes
• Inhalants are very addictive
• Can cause nose bleeds, headaches, confusion,
  memory loss, nausea, changes in the heartbeat,
  and breathing rate.
• Long-term users can damage the brain, kidneys,
  liver, lungs, and cause death.

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Medicines and Drugs

• Medicines are helpful when used correctly.
• Illegal drugs are against the law, and are
  extremely dangerous