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What was the foul smelling drug that was so widely used in mental hopsitals before the 1950s?
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Paraldehyde
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A prescription of 30 mg of phenoparbital would probably have been for which type of use?
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Widely prescibed as sedatives at low dose
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What is the relationship between psychological dependence and the time course of a drug's action?
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Psychological dependence develops most rapidly when the drug hits the brain quickly
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The barbiturates and benzodiazepines act at which neurotransmitter receptor?
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GABA
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Why should hypnotic drugs usually be prescribed only for a few nights at a time?
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Toxicity
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What is zolpidem (Ambien)?
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Zolpidem is a non benzodiazepin hypnotic.
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What are the characteristics of the sedative hypnotic withdrawal syndrome?
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Increased anxiety, insomnia, tremors, weakness, nausea , vomiting, can lead to seizures
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What happens to a person who takes an overdose of a sedative-hypnotic?
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Depression of the respiration rate, also capable of producing alcohol like intoxication with imparied judgment and incoordination
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How are the effects of the nitrites different from the effects of inhaled solvent fumes?
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Nitrites used for cyanide poisioning. used to be used as poppers to relieve chest pain, increases blood flow and briefly lowers blood pressure. increased warmth
Solvent fumes cause the effects similar to being drunk.
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What are the effects of combing GHB with alcohol?
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Profound intoxication, which caused people to become higly suggestible and unbale to remember what happened
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What causes physical dependence?
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Occurs when the drug leaves the system more rapidly than the body can adapt.
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What is sodium pentathol used for?
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Truth serum, or to perform death by lethal injection
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What condition is the GHB derived drug used for or other benzodiazepines?
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Used for epilepsy and seizures
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