Drugs 101 - Colds

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True or false: colds are not the most common infection?

Back 1

False
Colds are the most common infection

Front 2

Common cold ressearch unit in Salisbury England

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- Used human research subjects to experiment with
- Gave face vaccinations, and in return, gave volunteer luxurious rooms to stay in

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How and when do colds spread?

Back 3

- Through nasal secretions. Colds are common during school season (sept. - june). Has nothing to do with the cold (Ex. people on tristan ca cuhna only get sick when they're visited).

Front 4

What are common myths which people believe that spread colds?

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- Cold makes you sick
- GOing out with wet hair
- Sneezing spreads colds
- Kissing spreads colds
- Being cold produces a sneeze

Front 5

How can we avoid catching a cold?

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- Hand sanitizer/washing hands often
- Don't touch your face to often
- Avoiding tight crowds during cold season (or school season)
- Wearing masks (won't protect you, will protect others)

Front 6

Who is most at risk of dying from the flu?

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The youngest and oldest (weak immune system)
Young: no memory cells

Front 7

What are the 5 cold remedy ingredients?

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Pain reliever
Fever reducer
Decongestant
Antihistamine
Expectorant

Front 8

True or false: Buckley's is a placebo

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True. Buckley's has no active ingredient, except menthol (a mild topical analgesic)

Front 9

True or false: sinus colds occur more often during seasonal changes

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False. Sinus colds don't exist (marketing trick)

Front 10

True or false: Vitamin D is good for colds

Back 10

False.

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True or false: Cepacol is good for colds

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True. Contains a analgesic (reduce pain) and anesthetic (stops pain)

Active ingredient: benzocaine (15 mg)

Front 12

How many colds are there each year?
A. 4,1 million
B. 4.1 billion
C. 100 billion
D. 100 MILLION

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4.1 BILLION

Front 13

True or false: cough syrup is better than cough drops for a sore throat ?

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False. The active ingredient for both is menthol, a topical analgesic (only works when it's on the irritated area. Cough drops allows relief for the whole time its in your mouth, whereas cough syrup works only when its running down your esophagus.

Front 14

In order, what's the best thing to take as a decongestant
A. Phenylephrine
B. Pseudoephedrine
C. Heroin
D. Amphetamines

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C. Heroin (Best decogestant)
B. Pseudoephedrine (sold as Dextromorphan)
D. Amphetamines (good, but severe side effects)
A. Phenylephrine (doesn't work at all)

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What is snot made out of?

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Water + mucin

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How do decongestants work

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Vasoconstrictors

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Why do adults have less colds?

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- Less social/physical interaction tha kids
- Memory cells

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Sudafed - what is it?

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- Active ing.: pseudoephedrine
- Decongestant
- Used to be OTC drug, but people used it to make meth, now behind the counter.

Front 19

Which works: Sudafed or Sudafed PE

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Sudafed: pseudoephedrine
Sudafed PE: phenylephedrine (doesn't work)

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What is PPA?

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- Decogestant, but used as a diet pill (suppressed appetite)
- SImilar to amphetamies, and can cause amphetamine psychosis

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Antihistamines:
- Which symptoms do they treat?
- What side effects can they have?
- What's the most common antihistamine?

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Symptoms: runny nose, sneezing, watery eyes
Side effects: drowsiness (1st generation antihistamines)
Most common antihistamine: chlor-phenir-amine

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What's a dry and progressive cough? What treatments can you use for each

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Dry cough: Cough that won't go away. Treatment is dextromethorphan.

Productive cough: Cough + mucus.
- Treatment: expectortants (Guafesin), and water. They help get the mucus out of your throat.

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Does multi-symptom medication help?

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No.
ex. cough suppressant + expectrant is useless
It can be dangerous to take them (and other opposite symptom treatments) together.
You can also overdose on Acetmainophen and cause liver damage

Front 24

True or false: Cold F-X helps get rid of your cold symptoms?

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False! Cold F-X has no active ingredient (just has statch)

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True or false: Ginseng helps get rid of your cold symptoms?

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False. Ginseng is believed to have benefits because it resembles a little person (doctrine of signatures)

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Connect virus with it's name:
A- H1N1, B- H2N2, C- H3N2, D- H5N1.

W- Hong Kong flu
X- Avian flu
Y- Swine flu
Z-Asian flu

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H1N1 is the Spanish flu.
H2n2 is the Asian flu.
H3N2 is the hong kong flu.
H5N1 is the avian flu.

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What percentage of colds are due to influenza?

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15 percent

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Describe the influenza virus< outer proteins and their sub-types)

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Outermembrane has Hemmaglutinin (H) and neuraminidase (N)

Hemmaglutinin: H1, H2, H3, H4, H5 (16 subtypes)

Neuraminidase: N1 ,N2 (9 subtypes)

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Avian flu

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- 60% mortality rate
- Wasn't contagious between people

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What's a pandemic?

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a disease that spreads from human to human, within countries. A pandemic isn’t as severe as it sounds though. If as single sick person from China comes to Canada and a Canadian gets sick, it’s considered a pandemic.

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Spanish flu (1918)
Asian flu (1957)
Honk Kong flu (1968)
Swine flu (2012)

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Spanish flu (1918) - 20 million
Asian flu (1957) - 1 million
Honk Kong flu (1968) - 700 thousand
Swine flu (2012) - 12 thousand

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Active ingredient for pain and fever meds

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Acetaminophen or Ibuprofen

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Active ingredient for Decongestants

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Pseudoephedrine

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Active ingredient for antihistamines

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Chlorpheniramine

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Active ingredient for Antituissive

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Dextromorphan

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Active ingredient for expectorants

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Guaifensin