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Drug Vocabulary Chapter 16

. Drug: any that causes a change in a person's Side Effect: any effect that is caused by a drug that is different Tolerance: Your body's ability to a drug. As your tolerance increases, you need more of the drug to produce it's original effect.

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Drug Vocabulary Chapter 16

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    1. Drug Vocabulary (Chapter 16)

    2. Drug: any that causes a change in a person’s Side Effect: any effect that is caused by a drug that is different Tolerance: Your body’s ability to a drug. As your tolerance increases, you need more of the drug to produce it’s original effect. Overdose: Can result in a coma, brain damage, and death.

    3. Drug Addiction: Physical Dependence: when the body the drug Psychological Addiction: when the needs the drug Withdrawal: the process when the drug is taken Detoxification: the process by which the body

    4. How Drugs Enter the Body (pills, syrup, liquid) (smoke, inhalers) (muscle, vein) (sniff, sprays) (creams, ointments) (patches) (eyes, ears) (anal)

    5. Medicine

    6. Medicine: any drug that is used to Over the Counter (OTC) Can be bought RX Doesn’t cure Treats Can be harmful if taken incorrectly Not as potent as Prescription (RX) Need to get from or manage the problem Stronger than Includes: antibiotics, heart meds, inhalers for asthma, medicines for chronic diseases like diabetes

    7. Proper Drug Use Follow the RX guidelines and OTC directions Correct dosage: Considerations: Finish Don’t share medicine Drug interactions: Drug allergies and side effects

    8. Drug use, misuse, and abuse Drug Use: Drug Misuse: taking the drug for it’s intended purpose but Drug Abuse:

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