biopsycholgoy module 4 part 2 pharmacology (14.1-.5)CORRECT 100%
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Pharmacology
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Pharmacology
Chemicals that affect cognition, perception, consciousness, mood, and behavior. Drugs are given as treatment for disorders or recreational use. - ANSWER psychoactive drugs
psychoactive drugs can be both ____ and ____ - ANSWER Both prescription and recreational
The study of psychoactive drugs ...
biopsycholgoy module 4 part 2
pharmacology (14.1-.5)CORRECT 100%
Chemicals that affect cognition, perception, consciousness, mood, and behavior. Drugs are given as
treatment for disorders or recreational use. - ANSWER psychoactive drugs
psychoactive drugs can be both ____ and ____ - ANSWER Both prescription and recreational
The study of psychoactive drugs and their effects. - ANSWER psychopharmacology
Psychoactive drugs that are taken to affect mood, consciousness, and behavior but do not have a
prescribed medical function. These drugs can be legal, like alcohol, or illegal, like heroin. - ANSWER
Recreational Drugs
what are terms for repeated use of drugs? - ANSWER Substance Use Disorder, abuse, dependency,
addiction
The amount of the administered drug that makes its way to the site of action in the body. - ANSWER
Bioavailability
Ways that drugs can get into the body such as injections, pills, inhalation, or through the skin. - ANSWER
routes of drug administration
Taking a drug by swallowing or placing into the mouth a pill or liquid. Oral administration drugs may take
longer to show action and can be denatured by digestive enzymes and stomach acid. - ANSWER oral
administration
oral administration is most common for which type of drugs? - ANSWER prescription
oral administration has _____ bioavailability - ANSWER low
, The amount of the administered drug that makes its way to the site of action in the body. - ANSWER
bioavailability
Pills tend to have ____, and injections tend to have _____ bioavailability. - ANSWER low; higher
when is there a high potential for abuse? - ANSWER When things make us feel good and especially when
that feeling is achieved quickly, high potential for addiction/abuse
A drug that binds and activates a receptor directly. - ANSWER direct agonist
A drug that does not bind to a receptor directly but facilitates the actions of the neurotransmitter. -
ANSWER indirect agonist
something that helps a neurotransmitter's action - ANSWER agonist
example of an agonist - ANSWER An example would be opiates that activate endogenous opioid system.
indrect agonist acts as precursor to a ______ (e.g., L-DOPA for dopamine) - ANSWER neurotransmitter
what does an indirect agonist block? - ANSWER the reuptake to keep the neurotransmitter in the
synapse.
what do indirect agonists detsroy? - ANSWER enzymes that denature neurotransmitters.
something that hinders a neurotransmitter's action - ANSWER antagonist
which type of antagonist: blocks a receptor; (in some cases may kick neurotransmitters or other drugs off
receptor) - ANSWER direct antagonist
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