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Lidocaine, Procaine, Cocaine, Benzocaine correct answers Tx: Local anesthetics MOA: blocks voltage sensitive Na channels (keeps them in open state), blocking action potential SE: decrease motor & autonomic activity, negative inotropic and chronotropic, smooth muscle relaxant M: plasma esterase (e...

Neurotransmitters correct answers •Glutamate •GABA •Acetylcholine •Dopamine •Norepinephrine •Serotonin •Opioid Peptides •Endocannabinoids Glutamate correct answers excitatory neurotransmitter everywhere too much = seizures GABA correct answers inhibitory neurotra...

What is a paradoxical response to medication? correct answers When medication has the opposite effect of what is trying to achieve. What are the uses of Zolpidem (Ambien)? correct answers Aid in sleep, sedative, hypnotic What are the adverse reactions/effects of Zolpidem? correct answers Amnes...

Bioavailability correct answers After drug administration has occurred, the amount of drug in the blood that is free to bind at specific target sites refers to? Oral correct answers First-Pass metabolism is of special concern when drugs are taken by the ____ route of administration. Therapeuti...

drug actiton correct answers binding process; molecular change produced by a drug drug effect correct answers widespread alteration of physiological or psychological functions; outcome of drug action pharmacokinetics correct answers what body does to drug; rate of absorption, rate of clearance...

what are the transmitter systems implicated in anxiety correct answers CRF, NE, 5HT and GABA threat is temporally or spatially immanent correct answers fear threat is temporally or spatially remote correct answers anxiety the mPFC controls amydgala processing through correct answers gaba tr...

Flurazepram correct answers sleep: insomnia benzodiazepine long-acting Chlordiazepoxide (Librium) correct answers sleep: insomnia benzodiazepine long-acting Triazolam (Halcion) correct answers sleep: insomnia benzodiazepine short-acting Zelepon (Sonata) correct answers sleep: insomnia...

What are 3 issues leading to the legislation of drugs? correct answers Taxation to increase revenue, racism, fraud in patent medicines that were sold directly to the public What were addictive drugs marketed as prior to regulations? correct answers Theraputic drugs What act did Harvey Wiley ca...

Psychostimulants correct answers Drugs that exert their behavioral effects by augmenting the actin of the monoamine NTs, usually dopamine Cocaine Hydrochloride correct answers Form where the leaves are mashed and cocaine is extracted at 60-80% concentration as a paste that is then treated with hy...

Norepinephrine synthesis correct answers Tyrosine -> DOPA -> Dopamine -> Norepinephrine Epinephrine synthesis correct answers tyrosine --> dopa --> dopamine --> norepinephrine --> epinephrine Reserpine correct answers Blocks vesicular transporters (reduces DA and NE signal...

drug action correct answers molecular changes that occur as a result of a drug or neurotransmitter binding to a receptor drug actions in the body drug effect correct answers widespread physiological or psychological changes as a result of molecular changes overall effect binding affinity cor...