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Psychopharmacology Questions WithCorrect Detailed Answers.
What is a drug? - ANSWER- any chemical that alters the physiology of the body other
than food and nutrients
Drug intended uses - ANSWER- Intoxicating
Performance enhancing
Medicinal/clinical
psychoactive (drugs) - ANSWER- pertaining to effect's on mood, thinking, and behavior
Psychopharmacology - ANSWER- the scientific study of the effects of drugs on
behavior
Scheduling Psychoactive Drugs - ANSWER- 1) Potential for abuse
2) Likelihood to produce dependence
3)Accepted medical use in the US
4)Accepted use in international treaties
Intravenous (IV) - ANSWER- Injection directly into a vein
No absorption
Very fast onset of effects
Intraperitoneal (IP) - ANSWER- Injection into the peritoneal cavity- the space that
surrounds the stomach, intestines, and abdominal organs
Rapid absorption (not as fast as IV)
Common in animals
Intramuscular (IM) - ANSWER- Injection into a muscle, through capillaries, pretty fast
absorption
Subcutaneous (SC) - ANSWER- Injection into the space beneath the skin
small volumes
diabetes medication
Oral (PO) - ANSWER- by mouth, common route in humans, least common in animals
some drugs cant be administer due to pH of the stomach
Sublingual (SL) - ANSWER- Under the tongue; a medication delivery route, not used in
aniamls
rapid
, Intrarectal (PR) - ANSWER- into the rectum, not common in animals, suppositories
Topical (top) - ANSWER- directly applied to the skin
creams, ointments
Inhalation - ANSWER- vaporous substance into the lungs
smoked
rapid effet
Implant (depot) - ANSWER- intramuscular/subcutaneous injections, depot injections
birth control
Intracerebroventricular (ICV) - ANSWER- cerebral ventricles, gets past the BBB, rarely
used in humans
direct administration into the brain
Tolerance - ANSWER- a decrease in the effectiveness of a drug that is administered
repeatedly
Sensitization - ANSWER- increase in the effectiveness of a drug that is administered
repeatedly
withdrawl symptoms - ANSWER- appearance of symptoms opposite to those produced
by drug when administer repeatedly and then suddenly no longer taken
placebo effect - ANSWER- used experimentally to control for effects of mere
administration of drug
nocebo effect - ANSWER- harm resulting from the mere expectation of harm
Pharmacokinetics - ANSWER- what the body does to the drugs
Pharmacodynamics - ANSWER- what the drug does to the body
Affinity - ANSWER- _____ refers to the capacity of a drug molecule to bind to a
receptor.
Selectivity - ANSWER- specific affinity for certain receptors (vs. others)
Saturability - ANSWER- Drug receptor binding is saturable, this occurs when all
available receptors are occupied
Once released into synapse, how do you turn off the NT signal - ANSWER- 1)
Molecules of neurotransmitter are taken back into terminal button through process of
reuptake
2) molecules are destroyed by enzyme
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