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Drug Abuse and Pharmacology: Exam Q&A, Exams of Public Health

A series of questions and answers related to drugs, their classifications, effects, and related health issues. It covers topics such as drug tolerance, misuse, abuse, drug schedules, and the effects of various substances like marijuana, cocaine, and amphetamines. Additionally, it addresses routes of drug administration, polydrug use, and the health hazards associated with tobacco products. This material is suitable for students studying health sciences or pharmacology, providing a concise overview of key concepts and potential exam topics. Designed to help students review and test their knowledge of drug-related topics, offering clear and direct answers to common questions. It serves as a useful study aid for understanding the basics of pharmacology and substance abuse.

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HEALTH 100 JMU EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
SOLUTIONS
1) Define cross- tolerance -- Answer ✔✔ where tolerance to one drug transfers to a
second drug
2) Define drug misuse -- Answer ✔✔ involves using a drug for a propose other than
that for which it was intended
3) Define drug abuse -- Answer ✔✔ the excessive use of any drug, may cause serious
harm
4) How is most likely to abuse over- the- counter medication? -- Answer ✔✔ - teens
- young adults
- over 65
5) Define schedule 1 drugs -- Answer ✔✔ drugs with no current accepted medical use
and high potential for abuse
6) What are examples of schedule 1 drugs? -- Answer ✔✔ - heroin
- LSD
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HEALTH 100 JMU EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE

SOLUTIONS

  1. Define cross- tolerance -- Answer ✔✔ where tolerance to one drug transfers to a second drug
  2. Define drug misuse -- Answer ✔✔ involves using a drug for a propose other than that for which it was intended
  3. Define drug abuse -- Answer ✔✔ the excessive use of any drug, may cause serious harm
  4. How is most likely to abuse over- the- counter medication? -- Answer ✔✔ - teens
  • young adults
  • over 65
  1. Define schedule 1 drugs -- Answer ✔✔ drugs with no current accepted medical use and high potential for abuse
  2. What are examples of schedule 1 drugs? -- Answer ✔✔ - heroin
  • LSD
  • Ecstasy
  1. What are schedule two drugs? -- Answer ✔✔ drugs with high potential for abuse, with use leading to severe psychological or physical dependence
  2. What are some examples of schedule two drugs? -- Answer ✔✔ - Vicodin
  • cocaine
  • meth
  • oxycontin
  1. What percent of full- time college students have used any illicit drug in the past 30 days? -- Answer ✔✔ 38.
  2. What percent of full- time college students have used marijuana in the past 30 days? -- Answer ✔✔ 34.
  3. What percent of full- time college students have used alcohol in the past 30 days? -- Answer ✔✔ 76.
  4. What is a Physician Desk Reference (PDR)? -- Answer ✔✔ a book that shows side effects of medications
  5. What is a stimulant? -- Answer ✔✔ - cocaine
  • amphetamines
  • methamphetamine
  1. What is a narcotic? -- Answer ✔✔ heroine
  1. How much time does it take for half the caffeine to be metabolized? -- Answer ✔✔ 4 to 6 hours
  2. What are the physical effects of Marijuana? -- Answer ✔✔ - dilation of blood vessels in the eyes
  • dry mouth
  • increases appetite
  • lowered blood pressure
  • mild muscular weakness
  • severe anxiety, panic, and paranoia
  1. What can smoking marijuana do to you? -- Answer ✔✔ - chronic bronchitis
  • suppresses immune system
  • emphysema
  1. What is another name for synthetic marijuana? -- Answer ✔✔ K2 or Spice
  2. What does K2 do? -- Answer ✔✔ mimics marijuana intoxication but last longer and unable to be detected in urine
  3. How is K2 smokes? -- Answer ✔✔ joint or hookah
  4. What do depressants do for someone? -- Answer ✔✔ - promote mental calmness and reduce anxiety
  • promote sleep or drowsiness
  1. What state ranks the highest in drug overdose death? -- Answer ✔✔ West Virginia
  1. What are the types of drugs? -- Answer ✔✔ - prescription drugs
  • over- the- counter drugs
  • recreational drugs
  • herbal preparations
  • illicit drugs
  • commercial drugs
  1. What is the medicine used for overdose? -- Answer ✔✔ Methadone (Narcan)
  2. What two things lead to a greater overdose? -- Answer ✔✔ alcohol and drugs
  3. What are the two characteristics of drug dependence? -- Answer ✔✔ - withdraw
  • tolerance
  1. What is marijuana classified as? -- Answer ✔✔ cannabis
  2. Define psychoactive drug -- Answer ✔✔ can alter mood or behavior by acting on neurotransmitters in the brain
  3. What does cocaine do to the brain? -- Answer ✔✔ causes an excess of dopamine
  4. What are the three categories of drugs? -- Answer ✔✔ - natural
  • synthetic
  • semi- synthetic
  1. How are must vaccinations give? -- Answer ✔✔ intramuscular
  2. What delivers the drug fasted to the brain? -- Answer ✔✔ inhalation
  3. Define polydrug -- Answer ✔✔ several substances are taken simultaneously
  4. Define synergism -- Answer ✔✔ where the effects of two or more drugs are multiplied beyond what is expected if each were taken alone
  5. Define inhinition -- Answer ✔✔ where the effects of one drug are eliminated or reduced by the presence of another drug
  6. What are derivatives? -- Answer ✔✔ - morphine
  • codeine
  1. What are synthetic opitates? -- Answer ✔✔ - percodan
  • demerol
  • dilaudid
  1. Define hallucinogens -- Answer ✔✔ group of mind- altering drugs that affect the brain and nervous system and bring about changes in thought, self- awareness, emotion, and sensation
  2. Define synesthesia -- Answer ✔✔ occurs when sensory messages are mixed
  1. What are examples of hallucinogens? -- Answer ✔✔ - LSD
  • Mescaline
  • Psilocybin
  • Phencyclidine (PCP)
  1. Where does mescaline come from? -- Answer ✔✔ cactus
  2. What is psilocybin also known as? -- Answer ✔✔ magic mushroom
  3. What are examples of club drugs? -- Answer ✔✔ ecstacy
  • mescaline
  • psilocybin
  • PCP
  • Ketamine
  1. What are examples of date rape drugs? -- Answer ✔✔ - katamine
  • Rohypnol
  • GHB
  1. Define inhalants -- Answer ✔✔ chemeicals that produce vapors capable of causing hallucinations and creating intoxicating and euphoric effects
  2. Examples of inhalants -- Answer ✔✔ - rubber cement
  • model glue
  • paint thinner
  • gasoline
  1. Women are ______ times more likely to die from lung cancer than nonsmoking women. -- Answer ✔✔ 25 times
  2. What is the average cost of a cigarette pack? -- Answer ✔✔ $5.
  3. What is the annual cost attributed to smoking in the US? -- Answer ✔✔ $289 and $333 billion
  4. Why do college students say they smoke? -- Answer ✔✔ - relax
  • reduce stress
  • control weight gain
  1. Define nicotine -- Answer ✔✔ the chemical stimulant and highly addictive chemical in tobacco
  2. Define tar -- Answer ✔✔ condensed particulate matter from smoke that accumulates in the lungs
  3. Define phenols -- Answer ✔✔ chemical irritants in smoke that may combine with other chemicals to contribute to the development of lung cancer
  4. Define carbon monoxide -- Answer ✔✔ gas found in cigarettes smoke
  5. Where else can you find carbon monoxide? -- Answer ✔✔ car exhaust
  1. Where else can nicotine be found? -- Answer ✔✔ insecticide and addictive drugs
  2. How does smoking control weight? -- Answer ✔✔ nicotine is an appetite depressant and elevates metabolism
  3. What are types of tobacco products? -- Answer ✔✔ - pipes
  • hookah
  1. Define bidis -- Answer ✔✔ small hand- rolled, flavored cigarettes that produce three times more carbon monoxide and nicotine and have five times more tar then conventional cigarettes
  2. What are examples of health hazards of tobacco products? -- Answer ✔✔ - cancer
  • cardiovascular disease
  • stroke
  • respiratory disorders
  • sexual dysfunction
  • gum disease
  1. Define leukoplakia -- Answer ✔✔ a condition characterized by white patched inside the mouth due to chewing tobacco
  2. Define chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Answer ✔✔ inflamed and easily collapsible airways, obstruction to airflow, problems exhaling and frequent medical clinic visits and hospitalizations.
  3. Define chronic bronchitis -- Answer ✔✔ inflamed bronchial tubes produce a lot of mucus. This leads to coughing and difficulty breathing.
  1. What as the Master Settlement Agreement of 1998? -- Answer ✔✔ - tobacco industry pays state $206 billion over 25 years
  • measure to support antismoking education and advertising
  1. After how many years of quitting does the risk of lung cancer compare to nonsmokers? -- Answer ✔✔ 10
  2. After how many years of quitting does the risk of heart disease compare to nonsmokers? -- Answer ✔✔ 15 years
  3. What are nicotine replacement products? -- Answer ✔✔ - Bupropion
  • Varenicline
  • Nicotine Gum
  • Nicotine Lozenges
  • Nicotine patch
  • Nicotine nasal spray
  • Nicotine inhaler
  1. The heart is a __________. -- Answer ✔✔ Muscle
  2. How many chambers does the heart have? -- Answer ✔✔ 4
  3. The heart pumps what to what? -- Answer ✔✔ oxygenated blood to the arteries
  4. The heart receives blood from where? -- Answer ✔✔ veins
  1. What are the upper chamber of the heart? -- Answer ✔✔ atrium
  2. What are the lower champers of the heart? -- Answer ✔✔ ventricle
  3. What is the largest blood vessel in the body? -- Answer ✔✔ aorta
  4. What is the pulmonary vein? -- Answer ✔✔ brings deoxygenated blood from lungs
  5. What is the pulmonary artery? -- Answer ✔✔ oxygenated blood to the lungs
  6. Define capillary -- Answer ✔✔ the smallest type of vessel, they are the exchange spot for cells and tissues
  7. What are the functions of arteries? -- Answer ✔✔ brings blood from heart to body
  8. What is the function of veins? -- Answer ✔✔ brings blood from body to heart
  9. Define cardiovascular disease -- Answer ✔✔ any disease that affects the heart and blood vessels
  10. What race has the highest rate of hypertension? -- Answer ✔✔ African Americans
  1. Define diastolic rate -- Answer ✔✔ pressure when the heart is relaxed
  2. Which number is the diastolic rate? -- Answer ✔✔ bottom number
  3. What are the types of coronary heart disease? -- Answer ✔✔ - myocardial infraction
  • coronary thrombosis
  • embolus
  • collateral circulation
  1. Define myocardial infarction -- Answer ✔✔ heart attack; blood supply to the heart is disrupted
  2. Define coronary thrombosis -- Answer ✔✔ blood clot in the coronary artery
  3. Define embolus -- Answer ✔✔ blood clot is dislodged and moves through the circulatory system
  4. Define collateral circulation -- Answer ✔✔ alternative or collateral route of blood flow that develops when blockage of the heart is minor
  5. What are the common heart attack symptoms in men? -- Answer ✔✔ - crushing or squeezing chest pain
  • pain radiating down arm, neck, or jaw
  1. What are the common heart attack symptoms in women? -- Answer ✔✔ - shortness of breath
  • chest pressure
  • unusual weakness
  • unusual fatigue
  • sleep disturbances
  • indigestion
  1. When does a stroke occur? -- Answer ✔✔ blood supply to the brain is interrupted
  2. Define thrombus -- Answer ✔✔ stationary blood clot
  3. Define aneurysm -- Answer ✔✔ bulging or burst blood vessel
  4. Define transient ischemic attack -- Answer ✔✔ brief interruption of the blood supply that causes temporary impairment
  5. What test do you use for stroke symptoms? -- Answer ✔✔ FAST
  6. What is the average blood pressure? -- Answer ✔✔ 110/
  7. Define arrhythmias -- Answer ✔✔ irregularities in heart rhythm
  8. Define tachycardia -- Answer ✔✔ racing heartbeat
  1. Factors of metabolic syndrome -- Answer ✔✔ - abdominal obesity
  • elevated blood fat
  • low levels of high- density lipoprotein
  • blood pressure greater than 135/
  • level of C- reactive protein greater than 10 mg/L
  1. What are ways to reduce risk of cardiovascular diseases? -- Answer ✔✔ - avoid smoking
  • cut back on saturated fat and cholesterol
  • heart- healthy diet
  • maintain a healthy weight
  • exercise regularly
  • control diabetes
  • control blood pressure
  • manage stress
  1. What are nonmodifiable cardiovascular disease risks? -- Answer ✔✔ - race and ethnicity
  • heredity
  • age
  • gender
  1. What are techniques to diagnosing heart disease? -- Answer ✔✔ - ECG
  • Angiography
  • PET
  • MRI
  • CT
  • Cardiac Calcium Score
  1. Define coronary bypass surgery -- Answer ✔✔ takes a blood vessel from another site and implants it to bypass blocked arteries and transport blood
  1. Define angioplasty -- Answer ✔✔ threading a thin catheter through the blocked arteries in order to flatten the fatty deposits again the wall of the artery
  2. Define stent -- Answer ✔✔ stainless stent mesh- like tube that is inserted to prop open the artery
  3. What is the effects of aprin -- Answer ✔✔ - good at blood thinning
  • should not do it for extended amounts of time
  1. Define cardiac rehabilitation -- Answer ✔✔ exercise training to increase stamina and strength and promotes recovery
  2. Cancer is ___________ of diseases -- Answer ✔✔ a group
  3. How is cancer characterized? -- Answer ✔✔ uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells
  4. Define malignant -- Answer ✔✔ invading other cells
  5. Define benign -- Answer ✔✔ won't invade
  6. Define neoplasm -- Answer ✔✔ new growth (tumor)