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| Strong psychologic or physical dependence ona drug or other psychoactive substance |
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| A drug that stimulates the central nervous system |
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| Development of tolerance to a substance following prolonged medical use but without psychologic or physical dependence (addiction). |
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| The use of a drug or substance in a way that is not intended to be used or the use of a drug that is not legally approved for human administration. |
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| Stimulation, excitement, or stupefaction produced by a chemical subtsance. |
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| A syndrome of antograde and retrograde amnesia with confabulation (making up of stories) associated with chronic alchohol abuse; it often occurs together with Wernicke encephalopathy. |
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| Urination, the desire to urinate, or the frequency of urination. |
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| A sleep disorder characterized by sleeping during the day, disrupted nightime sleeping, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and hynagogic hallucinations. |
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| Synthetic pain-relieving substances that were originally derived from the opium poppy. Naturally occurring opium derivatives are called opiates. |
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| A condition characterized by physiologic dependence on a substance, usually indicated by tolerance to the effects of the substance and development of withdrawal symptoms when use of the substance is terminated. |
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| Drug properties that effect mood, behavior, cognitive processes, and mental status. |
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| A condition characterized by strong desires to obtain and use a substance. |
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| Increasingly popular all-night parties that typically involve dancing, drinking, and the use of various illicit drugs. |
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| Pill that are classfied as benzodiazepines. They have recently gained popularity as a recreational drug; chemically known as flunitrazepam. |
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| The use of a mood- or behavior-alternating substance in a maladaptive manner that often compromises health, safety, and social and occupational functioning, that causes legal problems. |
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Wernicke's encephalopathy |
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| A neurologic disorder characterized by apathy, drowsiness, ataxia, nystagmus, and opthalmoplegia; it is caused by thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency secondary to chronic alcohol abuse. |
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| A substance-specific mental disorder that follows the cessation of reduction in use of psychoactive substance that has been taken regularly to induce a state of intoxication. |
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| Given for opioid abuse or dependence. Works by blocking the opioid receptors so that use of opioid drugs does not produce euphoria. When euphoria is eliminated, the reinforcing effect of the drug is lost. The patient should be free from opioids for at least 1 week before beginning this medication, because naltrexone can produce withdrawal symptoms if given too soon. |
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What are the three classes of amphetamine |
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- Salts of racemic amphetamine
- Dextroamphetamine
- Methamphetamine
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