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Drugs for PDA II Exam 2, Vol 2
Drug Dependence/Abuse
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Health Care
Professional
02/27/2009

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Term
This drug is used to help alcoholics through an aversive strategy:
Definition
Disulfiram
Term
Disulfiram reduces the metabolism of EtOH causing:
Definition
Increased concentration of aldehydes --> Sickness (Extreme hangover effect)
Term
This drug is used in long-term substitution strategies to treat heroin addiction:
Definition
Methadone
Term
This drug competes our opioids like morphine and heroin:
Definition
Methadone
Term
This blocking-response strategy drug intitiates rapid withdrawal:
Definition
Mecamylamine
Term
Mecamylamine blocks these receptors, which makes it effective for smoking cessation:
Definition
nAChRs
Term
This drug may be used to treat acute withdrawal symptoms:
Definition
Bupropion
Term
This drug used to alleviate acute withdrawal symptoms associated with smoking cessation:
Definition
Bupropion
Term
Bupropion acts by inhibiting ___ and ___ transporters, and non-competitively ________.
Definition
Inhibiting NE and DA transporters, and non-competitively inhibiting nAChRs.
Term
Acamprosate is a weak ____ receptor antagonist.
Definition
NMDA
Term
This drug is a weak antagonist at NMDA receptors that is used to reduce cravings for alcohol:
Definition
Acamprosate
Term
This weak NMDA antagonist may work by interfering with synaptic plasticity:
Definition
Acamprosate
Term
This opiate receptor antagonist reduces the rewarding effects of alcohol:
Definition
Naltrexone
Term
This opiate receptor antagonist reduces the rewarding effects of EtOH:
Definition
Naltrexone
Term
This cannibinoid is used to treat anorexia and nausea:
Definition
Dronabinol
Term
Dronabinol contains:
Definition
Tetrahydrocannibinol (THC)
Term
Dronabinol has limited addictiveness, so it is a schedule _____ drug.
Definition
C III
Term
This orally administered synthetic cannabinoid is used to treat nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy:
Definition
Nabilone
Term
Nabilone is only used when___.
Definition
Nabilone is only used when other nausea and vomiting medicines do not work
Term
Nabilone opposes the effects of ____ in the area postrema.
Definition
Serotonin
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