Dental 101 Chapter 15

physical or psychological dependency

when a person stops taking meds that he's addicted to

feeling and emotional need for taking a drug even if it's not medically necessary

leading to phsychological or physical drug dependency

an authorization written by a doctor or dentist that makes drugs abailable to patients

drug names assigned by a manufacturer that are trademarked

grug names unprotexted by trademark. usually les expensive that brandnames

Drug Enforcement Agency number: member of agency that regulates controlled substances

coating found on some medications that resiste breakdown by gastric juices and disolves in intestines

Physican's Desk Reference: list of drugs

Food and Drug Administration: fedral regulation agency

classification of drugs based on potential abuse

• high potential: no medical use 
• ex. heroin

• high potential: for abuse.
• high potential for abuse
• lead to sevear psychological and physical dependency
• ex. morphine

• some potential: for abuse
• may have low to moderate dependency
• ex. vicodin

• low potential: for abuse
• ex. xanax

• little potential: for abuse
• tylenol

over the counter:  drugs that can be purchased without perscription

taking medication by mouth

administer drugs through skin

inhaling drugs

placed under tongue

administered through rectum

administering drugs directly into vein

administering drugs by injecting into muscle tissue

beneath the skin

administering drugs by injection under the epidermis

administered through a patch

drug that speeds up body's activities

slows body process

nicotine: stimulant

habit-forming stimulant

depresant

• depressant & stimulant
• decreases nausea and treats eye conditions
• can become psychlogically dependant

• habit-forming
• makes user feel in control

Catogory: addictive depressants used to releave pain

• Class I
• most addictive

• pain killer
• leads to adiction
• develop tolerance

• pain killer for mid-moderate pain
• physical and psycological dependance.

• stimulates heart
• leads to violent behacior and poor judgement
• physical dependence

case people to see, hear images, and sounds that don't exsist

• sedative drug that depress brain activity
• psysiological and physical dependency
• tolerance

controles pain

• sedative effect
• relieve anxiety, calm and relax.

given to treat infection

used to destroy fungi

• treats bradycardia
• dilates pupil
• inhibits flow of saliva

depresses the nercous system

• diatary suppliments
• using non processed materials

• not prescribed by a doctor
• dietary supplements