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DSST Substance Abuse

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1. Marinol is used to relieve nausea/vomiting experienced by _______ patients and to help restore appetite to AIDS patients.






2. A common lung disease caused by smoking is _________.






3. The four stages of alcohol withdrawal are _______ - hallucinations - delusions and seizures.






4. American _______ / Alaska Natives are the racial ethnic group that report the highest illicit drug use for the past month.






5. Because their effect varies depending on the dose - CNS depressants are said to be _____ ________.






6. Current medical applications for cocaine are as a local __________ for ear - nose - and throat procedures.






7. The 3 groups of inhalants include volatile substances - ___________ and Nitrites.






8. LSD and other hallucinogens typically do not produce physical __________.






9. The _________ policy of the FDA concerns taking some prescription medications and removing the prescription requirement and making the drug available via OTC.






10. Traffic fatalities involving alcohol have _________ since 1980.






11. Fluoxetine (_______) is safer than tricyclic antidepressants as it is less likely to lead to overdose death.






12. CYP450 enzymes ______ toxic chemicals once they are eaten.






13. Medical uses of _______________ include muscle relaxants - sleeping pills - treatment for convulsive disorders (epilepsy) - alcohol detoxification - and preoperative anesthesia (amnesiac).






14. The antidepressant drug __________ was originally used to treat tuberculosis.






15. The preoccupation phase is characterized by _________ concern about the drug.






16. Transdermal literally means 'through the _____'.






17. For some drugs - the dependence is mostly _______________ - whereas for others - a user may develop a heavy physical dependence on the drug with just a few uses.






18. ______ factors refer to how the drug actually affects the body.






19. For many years - ___________ sleeping pills were the drug of choice for people wishing to commit suicide.






20. Hashish comes from the concentrated ______.






21. Dopamine - acetylcholine - norepinephrine - serotonin - GABA - glutamate - and endorphins are all _________________ associated with the actions of the psychoactive drugs.






22. For a given class of ___ drug - all the competing brands contain the same few active ingredients.






23. Flashbacks are the recurrence of certain aspects of the drug experience weeks or months after an individual has taken ___.






24. Nicotine affects the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the reward/________ pathways of the brain.






25. Withdrawal symptoms are more likely to develop with drugs that _____ the system quickly.






26. The neurotransmitter that is believed to be important for regulating waking and appetite is ______________.






27. There are currently no FDA approved OTC drugs for ______________.






28. Fast acting drugs are the most likely to produce _____________ dependence.






29. Alcohol dependence as a disease is also known as disease model of alcohol dependence and this concept did not become really popular until ______________________ began to have a major influence in the 1940s and 1950s






30. CNS ___________ - including barbiturates - inhalants and benzodiazepines all have effects similar to alcohol.






31. The DSM-IV-TR is a manual which provides criteria for classifying mental disorders into hundreds of specific __________ categories.






32. Considerable evidence supports the idea that some degree of vulnerability to alcohol dependence might be _________.






33. ___________ is considered the fifth and final stage of drug addiction.






34. GABA is a very widespread inhibitory neurotransmitter and ________ tends to have widespread inhibitory effects on neurons in the brain.






35. Opiates are drugs that contain _____ or one of its derivatives.






36. Most illicit drugs cause an addiction in both the mother and the infant because drugs (cocaine - barbiturates - heroin - etc) pass through the _________ and reach the baby.






37. A substance that has less potential for abuse than the drugs or other substances in schedules I and II - has a currently accepted medical use in the US - and whose abuse may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence






38. Cocaine is a ___________ controlled substance.






39. In the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use - only 1.6 percent of U.S. adults reported ever having used Heroin in their lifetimes - with 0.1 percent reporting use in the past ____.






40. Varenicline (_______) is a prescription drug used for smoking cessation.






41. Nicotine withdrawal symptoms include craving for tobacco - ____________ - restlessness - and anxiety.






42. The hallucinogenic effects of psilocybin are similar to those of LSD and __________.






43. There are several FDA approved prescription drugs used to treat ________ - but only Lunesta has been approved for long term use.






44. When an alcoholic learns to modify his behavior to compensate for motor impairments associated with being intoxicated this is called _____ _____.






45. Schedule IV drugs have a slightly higher chance of abuse than the Schedule V drugs. What most specifically distinguishes Schedule V drugs from the other schedules is that the drugs are regulated but don't require a ______________.






46. Federal laws which prohibited the sale of alcohol from 1920 to ____ are called prohibition.






47. The dosage difference between an acceptable level of effectiveness and the lowest _____ dose is called the safety margin.






48. The forming of a neurotransmitter by the action of _______ on precursors is called synthesis.






49. Ice is also known as '______________'.






50. _________ are the oldest stimulants known. They are found in tea - coffee - soft drinks and chocolate.







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