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| A drug is a chemical on a medicine that alters the structure or function of some of the body's biological processes. |
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| What are the five drug categories? |
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-prescription drugs
-over-the-counter drugs
-dietary supplements
-addictive drugs
-illegal drugs |
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| Chemicals that are not so potent so that consumers can obtain them directly from stores |
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| plant extracts or vitamins act as a drug and can be obtained from stores |
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| tobacco and alcohol-taken by choice |
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| chemicals so potent that only a doctor can permit their use |
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| considered so dangerous that they are outlawed |
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| What happens when a drug binds to a receptor? |
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| it affects the biological processes of cells or organs |
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| Unintended drug action are called? |
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| Some side affects include allergic reactions called |
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| Effectiveness of a particular dose of a drug is influenced by: |
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-Person's body size
-How rapidly the drug breaks down and is eliminated.
-The presence of other drugs or food in the body
-The person's mental state
_Person's expectations of the drug efficacy |
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| Psychoactive drugs include: |
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-Tranquilizers
-Sleeping pills
-Mood modifiers
-e.g., alcohol, tobacco, caffeine |
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| Using any drug to the point where health is adversely affected or the ability to function on society in impaired is known as |
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| overwhelming preoccupation desire or drive to use a psychoactive drug |
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| inability to control use of a drug or loss of control over one's behavior because of taking a drug |
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| Continued drug used despise adverse consequences |
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| tendency not to stop using a drug in the face of arrest, job loss, family breakdown, and health problems |
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| distortions in normal thinking |
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| not admitting that problems are the result of drug taking (denial) |
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| physical changes take place so that continued taking of the drug is necessary |
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| an adaptation of the body to a drug so that larger doses are necessary to produce the same effects |
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| A consequence of physical dependence, occurs when the body adapts to the absence of a drug on which it has become physically dependent |
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| When repeated use of a drug causes an intense craving for the drug. May lead to compulsive drug-seeking behavior that is injurious to relationships, jobs and families. |
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