WGU - C458 - Health, Wellness and Fitness with correct answers
Amphetamines - correct answerUppers, stimulants. Legitimate and useful medical applications,
but often abused. Example Ritalin for ADHD. Adderall for obesity, ADHD and narcolepsy.
Ecstasy - correct answerMDMA. Club drug often used at all night dance parties (raves).
Stimulant that increases heart rate and blood pressure and can lead to heart or kidney failure;
regular use produces long-lasting, perhaps permanent, damage to your brains ability to think
and store memories.
Hallucinogens - correct answerSubstances that occur naturally or produce synthetically that
distort user's perception of reality; cause sensory illusions that make it difficult to distinguish
fact from fantasy. Example: LSD, peyote, PCP.
Barbiturates - correct answerHistorically represented one of nations biggest drug abuse
problems. Generally known as downers, often taken as a way of escaping problems of daily
living. Effects range from person feeling drowsy, uninhibited, and intoxicated to intoxication and
staggering as if drunk, slurred speech, confused.
Nicotine - correct answerFound in tobacco. Potent parasympathetic alkaloid, stimulant drug,
addictive. Associated with cardiovascular disease, potential birth defects, and poisoning.
Associated with cancer.
Suppositories - correct answerDrug delivery system inserted into rectum, vagina, or urethra
where it dissolves or melts and is absorbed into the bloodstream.
Diuretics - correct answerPromotes production of urine. Used for high blood pressure. Often
used by bulimics for weight loss.
Intravenous injection - correct answerA route of drug administration directly into the
bloodstream through a vein. Yield sstrongest and most rapid effact but is most dangerous due
to risk of infection, vein collapse, or overdose.
, Intramuscular injection - correct answerA route of drug administration; injected into the
muscle.
Drug abuse - correct answerGenerally refers to chronic, excessive use of a drug. May also refer
to a person's intent.
Drug inhibition (receptor site) - correct answer
THC - correct answerActive ingredient in marijuana. Connects to nerve cell sites and brain called
cannabinoid receptors and influences the activity of those cells. Influences pleasure, memory,
thought, concentration, sensory and time perception, and coordinated movement. Increases
risk of heart attack. Increases risk of cancer. Can lead to depression anxiety and personality
disturbances. Causes birth defects. Can be used for medical purposes: glaucoma, Chemotherapy
cause to nausea and vomiting, appetite stimulant, antiasthmatic, seizures, muscle relaxant
action.
Receptor sites (of a drug) - correct answerTarget cells for drugs.
OTC drugs - correct answerOver-the-counter drugs; such as, cough medicine, pain medication,
allergy medication that don't require prescriptions.
Tolerance - correct answerSome drugs are used frequently, large doses are required to maintain
the same effect
Anabolic steroids - correct answerSynthetic variant of the male sex hormone testosterone
Opioids - correct answerSubstances that act on the nervous system, medications that are
artificially made, reduce the intensity of pain signals reaching the brain and affect those brain
areas controlling emotion which diminishes the effects of a painful stimulus; Morphine,
tramadol, oxycodone, methadone
Amphetamines - correct answerUppers, stimulants. Legitimate and useful medical applications,
but often abused. Example Ritalin for ADHD. Adderall for obesity, ADHD and narcolepsy.
Ecstasy - correct answerMDMA. Club drug often used at all night dance parties (raves).
Stimulant that increases heart rate and blood pressure and can lead to heart or kidney failure;
regular use produces long-lasting, perhaps permanent, damage to your brains ability to think
and store memories.
Hallucinogens - correct answerSubstances that occur naturally or produce synthetically that
distort user's perception of reality; cause sensory illusions that make it difficult to distinguish
fact from fantasy. Example: LSD, peyote, PCP.
Barbiturates - correct answerHistorically represented one of nations biggest drug abuse
problems. Generally known as downers, often taken as a way of escaping problems of daily
living. Effects range from person feeling drowsy, uninhibited, and intoxicated to intoxication and
staggering as if drunk, slurred speech, confused.
Nicotine - correct answerFound in tobacco. Potent parasympathetic alkaloid, stimulant drug,
addictive. Associated with cardiovascular disease, potential birth defects, and poisoning.
Associated with cancer.
Suppositories - correct answerDrug delivery system inserted into rectum, vagina, or urethra
where it dissolves or melts and is absorbed into the bloodstream.
Diuretics - correct answerPromotes production of urine. Used for high blood pressure. Often
used by bulimics for weight loss.
Intravenous injection - correct answerA route of drug administration directly into the
bloodstream through a vein. Yield sstrongest and most rapid effact but is most dangerous due
to risk of infection, vein collapse, or overdose.
, Intramuscular injection - correct answerA route of drug administration; injected into the
muscle.
Drug abuse - correct answerGenerally refers to chronic, excessive use of a drug. May also refer
to a person's intent.
Drug inhibition (receptor site) - correct answer
THC - correct answerActive ingredient in marijuana. Connects to nerve cell sites and brain called
cannabinoid receptors and influences the activity of those cells. Influences pleasure, memory,
thought, concentration, sensory and time perception, and coordinated movement. Increases
risk of heart attack. Increases risk of cancer. Can lead to depression anxiety and personality
disturbances. Causes birth defects. Can be used for medical purposes: glaucoma, Chemotherapy
cause to nausea and vomiting, appetite stimulant, antiasthmatic, seizures, muscle relaxant
action.
Receptor sites (of a drug) - correct answerTarget cells for drugs.
OTC drugs - correct answerOver-the-counter drugs; such as, cough medicine, pain medication,
allergy medication that don't require prescriptions.
Tolerance - correct answerSome drugs are used frequently, large doses are required to maintain
the same effect
Anabolic steroids - correct answerSynthetic variant of the male sex hormone testosterone
Opioids - correct answerSubstances that act on the nervous system, medications that are
artificially made, reduce the intensity of pain signals reaching the brain and affect those brain
areas controlling emotion which diminishes the effects of a painful stimulus; Morphine,
tramadol, oxycodone, methadone
