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PHAR100 Section B
B8
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Pharmacology
Undergraduate 1
04/17/2012

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Term
Short Term Use Alcohol
Definition
Low:
Disinhibition, irritable, depressed or sleepy, reflexes and motor skills impaired

Higher:
Exaggerated emotional response, severely impaired thinking, memory, judgement, perception and motor skills
Stupor, coma, death
Term
Long Term Use Alcohol
Definition
Alcoholic dementia, thiamine deficiency (Werniche's encephalopathy and Korsakoff's psychosis)
Term
Withdrawal from ethanol
Definition
Excitability of CNS, delirium tremens (tremulousness, auditory, visual and tactile hallucinations, confusion, psychomotor, agitation, disorientation, and sleep disorders) convulsions, coma and possibly death
Term
Alcohol Effects on Embryo/Fetus
Definition
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: CNS dysfunction, pre-natal and post-natal growth deficiency, cluster of facial abnormalities
Term
Disulfiram and Calcium Carbimide
Definition
Inhibit hepatic aldehyde dehydrogenase, if drinks ethanol, cardiovascular and respiratory changes perceived as aversive
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