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PHAR 100: Mod 2 Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Solved
What term describes "state in which stopping or abruptly reducing the dose
of a given drug produces non physical symptoms"? - ✔✔Addiction
What term describes "commonly misused drugs increase dopamine in the
reward systems of the brain"? - ✔✔Dopamine hypothesis
What are the 3 characteristics of addictive drugs? - ✔✔1. Increase
dopamine
2. Produce novelty
3. Reduce anxiety
What term describes "an abnormal physiological state produced when drug
administration is discontinued or the dose is decreased"? - ✔✔Drug
withdrawal
What term describes "repeated administration of a given dose of a drug
has progressively less pharmacological effect"? - ✔✔Drug tolerance
*Reversible upon drug discontinuation!
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What term describes "resistance or tolerance to one drug because of the
resistance or tolerance to a pharmacologically similar drug"? - ✔✔Cross
tolerance
What term describes "an approach that seeks to reduce/prevent the
negative consequences of substance use and improve health without
judgement, coercion, or discrimination, and without necessarily requiring
the person to stop using the substance"? - ✔✔Harm reduction
Give an example of harm reduction. Hint: Smoking - ✔✔Nicotine patch
What term describes "using the drug in ways or amounts other than what
was prescribed, or against social norms"? - ✔✔Misuse
What are the 5 factors that contribute to misuse potential?
1. _____ of drug
2. Route of ______
3. _____ of use
4. _____
5. _____ harmfulness - ✔✔1. Nature of drug (e.g., pleasurable effects)
2. Route of administration (e.g., routes with rapid absorption)
3. Frequency of use
PHAR 100: Mod 2 Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Solved
What term describes "state in which stopping or abruptly reducing the dose
of a given drug produces non physical symptoms"? - ✔✔Addiction
What term describes "commonly misused drugs increase dopamine in the
reward systems of the brain"? - ✔✔Dopamine hypothesis
What are the 3 characteristics of addictive drugs? - ✔✔1. Increase
dopamine
2. Produce novelty
3. Reduce anxiety
What term describes "an abnormal physiological state produced when drug
administration is discontinued or the dose is decreased"? - ✔✔Drug
withdrawal
What term describes "repeated administration of a given dose of a drug
has progressively less pharmacological effect"? - ✔✔Drug tolerance
*Reversible upon drug discontinuation!
, ©NINJANERD 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
What term describes "resistance or tolerance to one drug because of the
resistance or tolerance to a pharmacologically similar drug"? - ✔✔Cross
tolerance
What term describes "an approach that seeks to reduce/prevent the
negative consequences of substance use and improve health without
judgement, coercion, or discrimination, and without necessarily requiring
the person to stop using the substance"? - ✔✔Harm reduction
Give an example of harm reduction. Hint: Smoking - ✔✔Nicotine patch
What term describes "using the drug in ways or amounts other than what
was prescribed, or against social norms"? - ✔✔Misuse
What are the 5 factors that contribute to misuse potential?
1. _____ of drug
2. Route of ______
3. _____ of use
4. _____
5. _____ harmfulness - ✔✔1. Nature of drug (e.g., pleasurable effects)
2. Route of administration (e.g., routes with rapid absorption)
3. Frequency of use
