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| The addict becomes addicted to the _____, not the actual substance. |
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| mood (that the drug produces) |
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| a way to deal with problems, in that they become safer at their level at a certain time. So basically not abstinence |
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| Medical Amnesty, Needle exchange programs and Methadone Maintenance are examples of ___________. |
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| acetylaldehyde/alcohol dehydrogenase is the enzyme that does what? who has less of it? |
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| it breaks down alcohol, and women have less |
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| which race has lowest incidence of alcoholism? |
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| continued use despite related problems |
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| when tolerance of one drug crosses over to another. Ex: when a person comes into the ER with pain but does not respond to a normal amount of painkiller |
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| if you see a high blood alcohol content with symptoms of a relatively low BAC, whats going on? |
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| they have built up a tolerance |
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| at what BAC is coma a symptom? |
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| what is the priority nursing intervention for PCP patients? |
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| safety! they feel no pain and are very violent usually |
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| when a patient is detoxing, what do we try to help them prevent? |
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| when drugs have a longer half life, the symptoms last _______ but are _________ intense. |
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| CNS excitation, hallucinosis, tremors are all withdrawal symptoms of .... |
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| Medical management of ETOH detox includes administration of what drugs over a 3 day period? |
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| long acting benzos (librium and valium) |
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| why is buprenorphine better than methadone? |
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| less likely to cause fatal overdoses |
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| which nicotine replacement drug is also used for eating disorders? |
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