Exam 13: Depressents and Inhalants

Buspirone does not affect GABA receptors but rather a subtype of receptors sensitive to __________.

Symptoms of agitation during acute alcohol withdrawal are treated by __________.

The FDA removed GHB as an available ingredient in dietary supplements due to __________.

High-school seniors show a higher prevalence rate for inhalant abuse than do eighth-graders.

The customary pattern of nitrous oxide abuse in the 1960s was __________.

Cross-tolerance and cross-dependence occur because the two drugs in question __________.

For a barbiturate to be longer acting,it should be administered in a(n)________ form.

Barbiturates are a useful treatment for __________.

There is a ______ chance of death from abrupt withdrawal of barbiturates.

GHB is a CNS stimulant.

It is relatively difficult to obtain products containing acetone.

Barbiturate abuse reached its peak in the 1950s and 1960s.

Inhalant abuse is the only form of abuse that __________.

Because of "drug automatism," patients are advised NOT to __________.

GHB combined with alcohol can produce __________.

Discuss the patterns of barbiturate abuse.

Surveys indicate that inhalant abuse frequently precedes an individual's __________.

The drug Rohypnol has recently been reformulated so that __________.

Triorthocresyl phosphate (TCP)is a(n)__________.

The relaxant effects of benzodiazepines last longer than those of barbiturates.