335 Final flashcards

• Serotogenic Hallucinogens


  a class of drugs that includes LSD and drugs with similar effects and mechanisms of action
• Methylated Hallucinogens


  a class of drugs including MDA and MDMA
• Anticholinergic Hallucinogens


  a class of drug drugs including atropine and scopolamine
• Dissociative Anesthetic


  a class of drugs including PCP and Ketamine
• Mescaline


  an LSD like hallucinogen found in the Peyote cactus
• Psilocybin


  an LSD like hallucinogen found in mushrooms
• Atropine


  an anticholinergic hallucinogen found in plants such as mandrake, belladonna, henbane and jimsonweed
• Scopolamine


  same as atropine
• Phencyclidine


  a dissociative anesthetic
• Ketamine


  a dissociative anesthetic
• Salvia


  Salvinorin divinorum is a plant in the sage family in which the leaves can be dried and smoked and produces a hallucinogenic trancelike state
• MDMA


  nicknamed ecstasy - is a methylated hallucinogen that also came to be known as the love drug as users experience positive feelings towards others under its influence
• Flashback


  a sudden recurrence of LSD like experience; may manifest as visual disturbances
• Synesthesia


  an effect sometimes produced by hallucinogens that is characterized by the perception of a stimulus in a modality other than the one it was presented in, ie. Seeing music.
• LSD


  lysergic acid diethylamide is a serotogenic hallucinogen that is synthetically produced, but derived from ergot fungus
• Harmine


  a hallucinogen derived from the bark of the vines of banisteriopsis caapi and inebrians plant - produces similar effects to other serotogenic hallucinogens
• Ibogaine


  a serotogenic hallucinogen found in the iboga plant
• Morning Glory Seeds


  the botanical source of lysergic acid amide
• Analgesia


  a pain relief produced without loss of consciousness
• Opium


  the dried sap produced by the poppy plant
• Heroin


  a drug produced by chemically processing morphine. It is more potent than morphine and has become the major opiate drug of abuse
• Naloxone, Naltrexone


  antagonists of opiates - used to treat opiate overdose
• Opium eating


  the practice of ingesting opium orally in liquid form; a common practice in Europe and North America in the 19th century
• Codeine


  an alterative opiate found in opium
• Morphine


  major active agent in opium; isolated in 1803
• Opiate drugs


  a class of drugs that act to mimic endorphins in the brain involved in pain regulation
• Endorphins


  a group of hormones secreted within the brain and nervous system and have a number of physiological functions; activate the body's opiate receptors and cause an analgesic effect
• Opium Poppy


  Eurasian poppy; its immature capsules yield a latex from which opium is obtained
• Methadone


  synthetic analgesic drug similar to morphine in its effects, but longer acting - used in the treatment of morphine and heroin addiction
• Detoxification


  medical treatment of an alcoholic or drug addict involving abstinence from drink or drugs until the body is free from toxins
• Doda

  a tea widespread in Canada that is popular in Asian communities that may contribute to heroine and oxy overdose and addiction.
• Papaver somniferum


  one of the many species of poppy plants
• Chasing the dragon


  a slang phrase referring to inhaling the vapor from heated morphine, heroin, oxycodone or opium.
• Agitated depression


  depressed mood accompanied by a state of tension or restlessness. People with agitated depression show excessive motor activity, as they may, for example, be unable to sit still or may pace, wring the hands, or pull their clothes
• Akinesia


  slowness of movement and underactivity
• Anterograde amnesia


  loss or limitation of the ability to form new memories
• Anxoiolytic

  anxiety-reducing
• Atypical antipsychotics


  new miracle drugs?, side effects that of parkinsons, low dependence liability could have really bad long term effects
• Barbiturates


  depressant drugs formerly used as sleeping pills, currently used in anesthesia and treatment for epilepsy
• Benzodiazepines


  currently the most widely prescribed anxiolytic drugs