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PHAR 100 - Module 2 questionsand answers 2025
Substance Use Disorder - answer 1. Social impairments
- Individual fails to fulfill major roles
- Has persistent social/interpersonal problems
- Social/occupational/recreational activities may be given up or
reduced
2. Risky use
- Uses substance in physically hazardous situations
- Uses substance despite physiological or psychological problems
3. Impaired control
- Persistent craving for the substance
4. Withdrawal
- May experience withdrawal syndrome after stopping use of
substance
5. Tolerance
- May develop tolerance to the substance
Addiction Definition - answer A state in which stopping or abruptly
reducing the dose of a given drug produces non-physical symptoms
Dopamine Hypothesis - answer 1. Effect on reward systems
,- Commonly misused drugs increase dopamine in the reward
systems of the brain
2. Dopamine increase
- The dopaminergic systems are also responsible for natural rewards
such as food and sex
- Drugs/addiction can cause an exaggerated increase in dopamine,
altering communication in the brain
characteristics of addictive drugs - answer 1. increase dopamine
2. produce novelty
3. reduce anxiety
types of drugs that increase dopamine - answer CNS Stimulants:
- cocaine
- amphetamines
- nicotine
- caffeine
Opioids:
- morphine
- heroin
- oxycodone
examples of drugs that produce novelty - answer Lsd
Ecstasy
examples of drugs that reduce anxiety - answer benzodiazepines
barbiturates
, severity of drug withdrawal - answer Severity of withdrawal
increases with the speed of the withdrawal since the biological
processes that have accomodated to the presence of the drug do
not have time to reverse themselves
drug withdrawal symptoms - answer FOR STIMULANTS:
Sleepiness
Muscle pain
Anxiety
Tremors
Low mood
Suicidal ideations
Cardiovascular problems
FOR OPIOIDS:
Sweating
Muscle aches
Agitation
Diarrhea
Abdominal cramping
Vomiting
Cross tolerance - answer Occurs between pharmacologically similar
drugs
Tolerance to one drug because of the tolerance to a
pharmacologically similar drug
factors influencing SUD - answer 1. genetic factors
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