What is a drug that prevents or cures an illness or eases its symptoms?
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What is a drug that prevents or cures an illness or eases its
symptoms?
Medicine
What is a medicine that can be obtained legally only with a doctor’s written permission?
Prescription Medicine
Who is the person at the drug store that is trained to prepare and dispense
medicines?
• Pharmacist
What is the name of medicines that you can buy without the doctor’s
permission?
Over the counter medicine
or
OTC
What is a reaction to medicine other than the
one intended?
Side effect
Name 2 of the 4 positive effects of medicine
Prevent Disease
Relieve Pain
Kill Germs
Treat Conditions & Diseases
Name an OTC pain reliever
Tylenol, Ibprofin, motrin, aleve, aspirin, etc
What medicines kill disease-causing bacteria?
Antibiotics
What is a substance other than food that changes
the structure or function of the body or mind?
Drugs
What is it called to intentionally use drugs in a way that is unhealthy or
illegal?
Drug abuse
What is the body’s need for larger and larger amounts of a drug to
produce the same effect?
Tolerance
What is it called if a person is taking more of a
drug than the body can tolerate or handle?
Overdose
What category of drugs speeds up the body’s
functions?
Stimulants
Name a stimulant
Caffeine, coffee, pop, cocaine, crystal meth, amphetamine
What category of drugs slows down the body’s
functions and reactions, including heart and
breathing rates?
Depressant
What drug is from the Cannabis Sativa plant?
Marijuana
What category are illegal drugs that are found
mostly in nightclubs or at all-night dance parties
called raves?
Club drugs
What category of drugs get rid of pain and dull the
senses?
Narcotics
What category of drugs distorts moods, thoughts,
and mind?
Hallucinogens
What category of drugs are vapors of chemicals
that are sniffed or inhaled to get “high”
Inhallants
What category of drugs are either human
hormones or similar to hormones found in the
body?
Steroids
What are the names of the sac in the lungs where
drugs pass through before the bloodstream?
Alveoli
Name the injection that is injected directly into the
vein
A. Skin Popping
B. Intramuscular Injection
C. Mainlining
Mainlining
After drugs are swallowed, where are the drugs
absorbed before the small intestine?
Stomach
After the alveoli and before the bloodstream,
where does smoked drugs go?
Capillaries
Before inhaled drugs enter the bloodstream, the
chemicals travel through what region?
• Nasal Passage
What is the term used to describe being allowed to
by the law?
Legal
What category of drugs gives a false sense of
energy, well-being, confidence, and power?
Stimulants
What category of drugs gives a person a false
sense of well-being through reduced anxiety
and relaxation?
Depressant
From the book, which drug can cause eyes to get bloodshot and can negatively effect the reproductive organs?
Marijuana