Drugs can also interact with other drugs in four different ways. Addictive interactions occur when the
Drugs can also interact with other drugs in four different ways. Addictive interactions occur when the
Dopamine can also play a role in addictive behaviors, and cocaine is a severe drug in addiction (Depue& Collins, 1999). Cocaine inhibits the natural order of dopamine. Once the dopamine is set free, it is reused into a dopamine transmitting neuron. Cocaine binds to the dopamine, and does not allow it to be reused. This causes an increase of dopamine and overflows specific neural areas, the overflow stops after a half hour, and the person is feeling the way he or she did before, and this is how the addiction begins (Stocker, 1999).…
Medication absorption is the process by which a drug passes from its site of administration into the bloodstream. Which of the following are true in the absorption of medications?…
Nasal – by use of a spray or pump delivering the drug into the nose…
The patient should inhale the medication rapidly. Otherwise the dry particles will stick to the…
There is a whole range of different substances and they all create different effects. Substances fit into three different categories, with more than one category fitting some substances. The three categories are: Stimulants, Depressants and Hallucinogens. I will proceed to list the main substances, their effects, how they are taken and the category they fit into:…
Even when intentionally abusing drugs, there can still be serious consequences if not taken correctly. The following is an example of which type of interaction? An interaction between two drugs which causes the effects of the two drugs to be multiplied beyond what would have occurred if taken alone. antagonism inhibition synergism intolerance…
9. Give an example of a synergistic drug-drug interaction and of an antagonistic drug-drug interaction. A synergistic drug interaction takes place when two drugs combine to produce and affect that is greater than what was intended. An antagonistic drug interaction takes place when two drugs combine to produce an effect that is less than what was intended for each of the…
The three drugs that I decided to explore a little more are alcohol, crack, and ecstasy. In this essay I will be discussing the difference between each drug. I will also be talking about how each drug effect the person mind and health. By the end of this essay my goals is to inform you on all the facts about these three drugs.…
1)Please include what type of Drug all three are? 2)Analyze and inform major components of the three drugs. 3)Please make sure you add or talk about any key vocab words that we discussed in class. 4) Lastly, report the short or long term effects of the three gateway drugs on the body.…
There are several methods of drug administration. They are: oral which is by mouth, its effect is slower and less efficient because they must be absorbed in the small intestine and then, depending on their molecular structures, are broken down or activated in the liver before being transported to the correct area of action (GCU, 2012). Another route is sublingual or buccal. These methods rely on the capillaries under the tongue or in the cheek for quick absorption. Medications such as nitroglycerin are given this way (GCU, 2012). A third method is topical. Medications given topically are applied to the skin and absorbed as they diffuse through the epidermis (GCU, 2012). A forth way is rectal. Medications may also be absorbed by the capillaries in the rectum. This is a useful route in patients who cannot take medications by mouth due to nausea, vomiting, or extreme disease of the mouth (GCU, 2012). A final way would be parenteral. This method involves administering medication intravenously, intradermal, subcutaneously, intramuscularly, and intrathecally (GCU, 2012). The best and most preferred route to give medication is orally. The…
17. Give an example of a synergistic drug-drug interaction and of an antagonistic drug-drug interaction. (3 points)…
* Initiation – Research has shown that addictive drugs stimulate a reward circuit in the brain, the drug taking triggers the release of dopamine into the brain which acts as an incentive, effectively telling the brain to ‘do it again’.…
Opiate addiction comes in many different forms of abuse with many different kinds of people. There are three types of characterized reasons which can keep a person adducted to the opiate like the physical dependency, psychological dependency and the social context of the dependency.…
What's especially dangerous about narcotics like heroin is that they are taken into the body by means of a needle, which puts you…
For questions #10-13 below, describe each of the 3 categories of psychoactive drugs, including their impacts on one’s behaviors (what an individual under the influence of the drug experiences), and biological explanations for these effects: specify the changes in neurotransmitter actions, and/or effects on structures and functions of the brain/nervous system and how such effects elicit the behavioral impacts.…