Exam 3: How Drugs Work in the Body and on the Mind

A solution to the problem of undesirable side effects due to excessive concentrations of the drug in the blood is __________.

Which of the following disorders has NOT been linked to dopamine?

Analogy: ______ is to voluntary as ______ is to involuntary.

A placebo effect involves totally imaginary symptoms and reactions.

Analogy: _______ is to skeletal muscle as _______ is to smooth muscle.

When multiple drugs activate the same type of receptor sites, the effects of each drug on the brain are equivalent.

Inhibition of the ______ is the reason for dizziness after drinking alcohol.

Which route of drug administration is the most common and easiest?

A man and a woman each weigh 79 kg (175 pounds). If they both take the same dose of a drug, the same effects can be expected.

The three categories of brain tissue are the medulla, the hypothalamus, and the cerebellum.

The processes of biotransformation and urinary excretion are influenced by __________.

Which of the following is true?

The most common means of drug elimination is through excretion in the __________.

Older people eliminate drugs at a slower pace than younger people do.

Research has shown that if a doctor has negative attitudes concerning a drug, the effect of the drug on the patient is more likely to result in __________.

Analogy: Inhalation is to gas as snorting is to __________.

A placebo contains ingredients that are completely inert.

About half of all individuals of Asian descent have __________.

Drug A and Drug B activate the same types of receptor sites. After repeated using of Drug A, Drug B would produce a _______ effect compared to someone who had never used Drug A or B.

A latency period occurs __________.