1 / 16

Using Drugs to Promote Health

Using Drugs to Promote Health. Chapter 7 Lesson 1. Developing Vocabulary Answers. I. Tolerance H. Side Effect A. Drug C. Over the Counter G. Psychological Dependence D. Pharmacist B. Medicine J. Withdraw F. Prescription Drug E. Physical Dependence. Ways Drugs Enter the Body.

jared-mckinney
Download Presentation

Using Drugs to Promote Health

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Using Drugs to Promote Health Chapter 7 Lesson 1

  2. Developing Vocabulary Answers • I. Tolerance • H. Side Effect • A. Drug • C. Over the Counter • G. Psychological Dependence • D. Pharmacist • B. Medicine • J. Withdraw • F. Prescription Drug • E. Physical Dependence

  3. Ways Drugs Enter the Body • A drug is a substance other than food that changes to way the mind or body works.

  4. Ways drugs enter the body • Medicine is a drug that is used to treat, prevent, and/or relieve illness symptoms. • Antibiotics fight disease • Cough suppressants relieve symptoms • Vaccines prevent disease

  5. Ways Drugs Enter the Body • Drugs and the cells of the body are like keys and locks. • A key (drug) can only open up certain locks (cells) • Receptor sites on cells are similar to locks on doors.

  6. How Drugs enter the Body • In order from quickest acting to slowest… • Injection • Absorption • Inhalation • Swallowing (mouth)

  7. How Drugs Effect the Body • Drugs may act on more than one receptor site at a time. Causing Side Effects • A side effect is an unwanted change in the body that is not related to the main purpose of the drug. • Example: If you take an asprin for a headache, sometimes it will give you a stomach ache if you don’t take it with food.

  8. Get Creative! • We discussed how the drug and body cell are like a lock and key. The drug can only fit in one receptor cell on the cell. • Your task: • Draw a representation of the “lock and key” or the drug and its receptor. Be creative. Do not draw a lock and key. Find another way to represent the drug locking on to the body cell. • Use color. • Label the drug and the receptor.

  9. The way the drug enters the body The dose or amount of the drug taken The solubility of the substance Water soluble drugs leave the body quickly, fat- soluble drugs can stay for weeks to months The weight, age, and health status of the person The emotional state of the person Whether the person is taking more than one drug at a time. Factors that Determine a Drug’s Effect

  10. Factors that Determine a Drug’s Effects • Drugs can cause unwanted effects, the most serious being dependence. • Drug dependence is the continued need for the effects of a drug even when those effects harm the body, mind and relationships. • Psychological Dependence- strong emotional desire to continue to use a drug • Physical Dependence- a condition in which someone develops a tolerance for a drug or shows withdraw symptoms without it.

  11. How Drugs Affect the Body • Tolerance is what happens when the body becomes used to a drug and needs a larger amount to produce the same effects. • Withdrawal symptoms are unpleasant reactions that occur when a drug is no longer present in the body.

  12. Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs • Prescription Drugs- a medication that can only be obtained with a written order from a physician. • Brand name drug has a registered name or trademark assigned to it by the company that makes it. (Lipitor)

  13. Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs • A Generic Drug is a drug that contains the same active ingredients as a brand-name drug, but has no registered trademark. • Generic Drugs are usually less expensive.

  14. Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs • An over the counter (OTC) drug is a drug that people can buy without a physician’s prescription. • OTC drugs include: • Pain relievers • Some Allergy medications • Cough syrups

  15. Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs • Regardless of whether the medicine you are taking is a prescription or an over the counter drug, you should read all of the warnings and dosage information to ensure that you do not have any unwanted side effects. • Do not use the medication it is past its expiration date. • If the tamper resistant seal is broken, take the medication back. • If the label says the medication may cause drowsiness, do not engage in an activity such as riding a bike.

  16. Use and Misuse • In your groups, you will be examining an OTC label. Each group will have one container. You will need to find all or most of the information asked for in the “OTC Seek and Find” worksheet. • Following this, each student will need to explain one way the drug could be misused and the possible effects of misuse. • You will have 3-4 minutes with each container.

More Related