Deck 11: Addiction Pharmacotherapy

Question 1

The correct definition of polytherapy is:

A)The use of one medication in treatment.
B)The use of more than one medication in treatment.
C)The use of drug antibodies to prevent drugs of abuse from entering the central nervous system.
D)Both b and c

Answer 1

The use of more than one medication in treatment.

Question 2

There exists no scientific evidence that one can "treat a drug with a drug."

Answer 2

False

Question 3

There are no known considerable cross-ethnic variations in drug effects.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter.

Question 5

Anxiolytics are the class of medication used to treat depression.

Question 6

The term pharmacodynamics means:

A)A drug's impact on the body.
B)The body's impact upon a drug.
C)The economic context of a drug.
D)The political context of a drug.

Question 7

A first line agent is a proven medication that is typically given first to a patient.

Question 8

The obsessive disinhibition form of craving is the result of dysfunction in the ______ neurotransmitter system.

A)DA.
B)5HT.
C)OP.
D)GABA.

Question 9

The term endogenous means:

A)Produced from outside the body.
B)Manufactured outside the US.
C)Produced by the body.
D)Blocks a ligand.

Question 10

Which of the following is not one of the four pharmacokinetic processes?

A)Absorption.
B)Distribution.
C)Biotransformation.
D)Reuptake.