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

If Drug A has an effect of 5 and Drug B has an effect of 8,a purely additive combination effect would be equivalent to __________.

Alcohol and caffeine are drugs that share a common _______ route of administration.

Which of the following is NOT a way in which the body eliminates drugs?

You have a better chance of staying within the therapeutic window with __________.

Constant changes in the state of the gastrointestinal tract can make it difficult to predict the strength of the drug once it reaches the bloodstream.This problem would be associated with which route of administration?

With intramuscular injections,the drug is absorbed into the bloodstream through the _______serving the muscle.

How many neurotransmitters are there?

Sniffing employs the same route of administration as__________.

The placebo effect in morphine administrations is __________.

A problem inherent in all forms of injection involves __________.

Sensory nerves enter the CNS at the level of the brain but not the spinal cord.

Women may be affected more by alcohol than men due to __________.

The long appendage extending from the cell body of a neuron is referred to as the __________.

All neurons generate nerve impulses on a continual basis.

The most common means of drug elimination is through excretion in the __________.

A major function of endorphins is to __________.

Synergism and potentiation are special cases of __________.

A placebo effect involves totally imaginary symptoms and reactions.

Dangerous interactions can result from__________.

Analogy: ______ is to voluntary as ______ is to involuntary.