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Pharm Ch. 9
Substance Abuse-NOT ON TEST!
Question | Answer |
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What is Addiction? | Strong psychologic or physical dependence on a drug or other psychoactive substance |
What is Amphetamine? | a drug that stimulates the CNS |
Wnat is enuresis? | Development of tolerance to a substance following prolonged medical use with without psychologic or physical dependence |
What is habituation? | development of tolerance to a substance following prolonged medical use but without psychologic or physical dependence |
What is illicit drug use? | the use of a drug or substance in a way that it is not intended to be used to the use of a drug that is not legally approved for human administration |
What is intoxication? | stimulation, excitement, or stupefaction produced by a chemical substance |
What is korsakoff's psychosis? | a syndrome or anterograde and retrograde amnesia with confabulation associated with chronic alcohol abuse |
What is micturition? | urination, desire and frequency |
What is narcolepsy? | a sleep disorder characterized by sleeping during the day, disrupted nightime sleepness, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic hallucinations |
What is opioid analgesics? | synthetic pain relieving substance that were derived for the opium poppy |
What is physical dependence? | a condition by which physiologic reliance on a substance, withdrawl when drug is stoppedd |
What is psychoactive properties? | drug properties that affect mood, behavior, cognitive processes, and mental status |
What is psychologic dependence? | a condition where there is a strong desire to obtain and use a substance |
What are raves? | increasingly popular all night parties involving dancing, drinking, and drugs |
What are roofies? | pills that are classified as benzodiazepines |
What is substance abuse? | the use of a mood or behavior altering substance in a meladaptive manner that often compromises health and safety |
What is wernicke's encephalopathy? | a neurologic disorder characterized by apthy, drowsiness, ataxia, nystagmus, and ophthalmoplegica caused by thiamine |
What is withdrawal? | a substance specific mental disorder that follows the cessation or reduction in use of a psychoactive substance that has bann taken regularly to induce a state of intoxication |
What is acamprosate? | a drug used to maintain abstinence from alcohol in pt's who are abstinent when starting the drug and who have additional psychosocial support |
What is a new med for smoking? | varenicline |
A pt. is experiencing withdrawal from opioids. the nurse expects to see which assessment finding most commonly associated with acute opioid withdrawal? | Elevated blood presure |
During treatment for withdrawl from opioids, the nurse expects which med to be ordered? | Clonidine |
The nurse is presenting a seminar on substance abuse. which drug is the most commonly used illicit drung in the united states? | Marijuana |
A pt taking disulfiram as part of an alcohol treatment program accidentally takes a dose of cough syrup that contains a small percentage of alcohol. the nurse expects to see what symptom as a result of acetaldehyde syndrome? | Copious vomiting |
The nurse is assessing a pt for possible substance abuse which assessment finding indicated possible use of amphetamines? | Talkativeness and euphoria |
A pt experiencing ethanol withdrawal is beginning to show manifestations of delirium tremens. the nurse will plan to implement with intervetions for management of delierium tremens? | Doses of IV librium, restraints if the pt becomes confused, thiamine supplementation |