Exam 3: How Drugs Work in the Body and on the Mind

In a double-blind procedure,neither the individual administering the drug or placebo nor the individual receiving the drug or placebo knows which substance is which.

Analogy: Dopamine is to craving as GABA is to __________.

Administering the drug in a time-release form helps eliminate the undesirable side effects of excessive concentrations of a drug in the blood.

The term that describes a substance that is soluble in fat is __________.

"First-pass metabolism" is an important function of the esophagus.

Synergism and potentiation are special cases of __________.

If one drug has an effect of 6,a second drug has an effect of 8,and the combination of the 2 drugs has an effect of 20,then the interaction is __________.

The coordinator of the basic life-support systems of the body is the __________.

The sympathetic and parasympathetic systems together form the peripheral nervous system.

Paint thinners,gasoline,and cleaning fluid are examples of abused products that are typically administered by absorption through the skin or membranes.

Protection against toxic drugs is maximized when delivered through which route of administration?

Which of the following is part of the hindbrain?

Research has shown that if a doctor has negative attitudes concerning a drug,the effect of the drug on the patient is more likely to result in __________.

As a person gets older,the enzyme activity in the liver __________.

Cross-tolerance is commonly observed in the effects of __________.

Silicon chip patches that contain a grid of microscopic needles are used to deliver drugs __________.

If one drug has an effect of 6 and a second drug has an effect of 6,but the combination of the two drugs has an effect of 0,then the interaction is __________.

The central nervous system consists of the __________.

Pain-killing drugs bear a remarkable resemblance to __________.

Analogy: ________ is to Alzheimer's disease as ________ is to Parkinson's disease.