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These two depressants when combined together it may result in coma or death. |
Alcohols and Barbiturates or Benzodiapines |
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It causes generalized brain inhibition, resulting in diminished arousal at moderate doses. Behavior may seem less inhibited because the centers of the brain that prevent inappropriate behavior are also depressed. |
Alcohols |
Make impulses behavior and decisions |
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Explain how depressants increases the resistance of the neurons to excitation. |
Makes neurons to be more negative by binding to gaba receptors and allows chloride to go inside. This makes the threshold be increased and excitation are less likely to be occurred. |
Gaba neurotransmitters, Gaba receptors that are chloride channels |
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Short-acting and intermediate acting benzos are prescribed to peopla who have? |
Insomnia |
Benzos induces sleep |
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Long-acting benzos are for people who have? |
Anxiety |
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What is he difference of benzodiazepines and barbiturates? |
Benzodiazepines are less prone to overdose. |
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Among the depressants which is likely to disrupt REM sleep and unable to consolidate memory for learned things? |
Alcohols |
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Difference between Opiates and Depressants |
Depressants act on GABA receptors while opiates act on Endorphins Receptors |
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High doses of Opiates intake can lead to? |
Sense of Euphoria |
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Naturally occuring formof opium is? Give examples. |
Opiates-morphine and codeine |
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Semisynthetic derivatives of opium are called opiums? |
Opioids - oxycodone, hydrocodone and heroin |
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What is methadone? |
Long-acting opioid with lower risk of overdose |
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Heroin metabolizes into? |
Morphine |
Heroin aka diacetylmorphine |
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Why do people gain weight after quitting usage of nicotine? |
Nicotine suppresses appetite so without this induces appetite and leads to gaining weight. |
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A form of cocaine that can be smoked. |
Crack |
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What is the similarity and difference of amphetamines and cocaine?t |
S - increase the release of dopamines, serotonin, epinephrine, and norepinephrine but decreases reuptake D - cocaine has anesthetic and vasoconstrictive properties |
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Physiologically, it can be the same as amphetamines and also act as hallucinogens. |
Ecstasy or MDMA |
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LSD acts mainly on what type of neurotransmitter? |
Serotonin |
It affects mood. |
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Tetrahydrocannabinol is categorized as? |
Stimulants, Depressants and hallucinogens |
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Medical uses of hallucinogens. |
PTSD treatment |
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Why do people experience overdose in new locations? |
Does not prepare the body for incoming drugs due to no signals from the location |
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Explain the mechanism of Crash of drug dependence. |
No counteraction induced by drugs of prepared homestasis or expecting body to take drugs. |
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Neurotransmitter that is related to pleasure. |
Dopamine |
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Parts of the brain that involves in mesolimbic reward pathway. |
Nucleus Accumbens, VTA, hippocampus, amygdala, prefrontal cortex |
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Parts of the brain that involves in mesolimbic reward pathway. |
Nucleus Accumbens, VTA, hippocampus, amygdala, prefrontal cortex |
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Why do we not feel satiated and thus continue to do gambling or falling in love or eating the favorite food when it activates the mesolimbic reward pathway? |
Decreases serotonin which is reponsible for satiation |
Increases dopamine |
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What is the medial forebrain bundle? |
Connection between nucleus accumbens and ventral tegmented area |
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A term to describe which you can hear voices and seee things or become very paranoid. |
Psychosis |
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The only drug that cant develop substance use disorder. |
Caffeine |
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