Drug Notes

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Drug Notes

• Health

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Terms

• Tolerance --
• Resistance to a poison
• The capacity to absorb a drug continuously in
  large doses without negative effect
• Withdrawal
• Discontinuation of the use of an addictive
  substance

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Drug Categories

• Illegal Drugs
• Drugs that are against the law to manufacture,
  possess, buy or sell.
• Usually have no medical purpose
• Made and used for recreational purposes

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• Synthetic Drugs
• Chemical substances produced in a lab.
• Gateway Drugs
• Drugs that lead to more serious drug use
• Ex Alcohol to Cocaine use

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• Designer Drugs
• A drug with properties and effects similar to a
  known hallucinogen or narcotic but having an
  altered chemical structure
• Created to evade restrictions against illegal
  substances

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• Look Alike Drug
• Drug made to look like another but not give the
  same effects.
• Prescription Drugs
• Available only with written instructions from a
  doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
• Over the Counter Drugs
• Drugs that may be purchased without a doctors
  note

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Drug Classifications

• Narcotics
• Depressants
• Stimulants
• Hallucinogens
• Steroids
• Inhalants
• Drug Categories Drugs.com

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Scheduling

• For controlled substances
• Schedule I high potential for abuse has no
  medical use
• LSD, Marijuana, Heroin, Salvia
• Schedule II high potential for abuse, some
  medical uses, severe psychological dependence
• Morphine, PCP, Cocaine
• Schedule III potential for abuse, has medical
  uses, moderate dependence
• Steroids, Codeine, Tylenol
• Schedule IV low abuse, has medical uses
• Xanax, Valium
• Schedule V low abuse, medical uses
• OTC cough medicine

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Over the Counter

• Anti-inflammatory- controls swelling
  inflammation
• Analgesic- decreases pain
• Anti-pyretic- decreases fever, body temp.
• Anti-histamine- reduces the effect of chemical
  histamines on various tissues by blocking the
  receptor sites

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Anti - Inflammatory

• IBUPROFEN
• Effects-
• 1) decrease swelling
• 2) decrease pain
• 3) decrease fever
• takes 7-10 days to build functional level in the
  body

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Analgesic

• ACETAMINOPHEN
• Effects-
• 1) analgesic
• 2) anti-pyretic
• 3) anti-inflammatory
• Positives-
• doesnt thin the blood
• no GI distress
• best for pain relief

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Anti-pyretic

• ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID
• Effects-
• 1) reduces fever
• 2) reduces pain
• 3) reduces swelling
• Problems-
• 1) Reyes Syndrome
• 2) Thins the blood- interferes with the clotting
  mechanism
• 3) Can develop allergic reactions (nosebleeds,
  hives)
• 4) GI distress
• Other side effects- heartburn, nausea, tinnitus,
  headache, diarrhea

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Anti-histamine

• Histamines- cause irritation and swelling to the
  mucous membranes and spasm to smooth bronchial
  muscles
• Problems-
• 1) banned by the NCAA/USOC
• 2) cause drowsiness
• 3) slowed reaction time