WGU - C458 - Health, Wellness
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Amphetamines - Answer✔✔-Uppers, stimulants. Legitimate and useful medical
applications, but often abused. Example Ritalin for ADHD. Adderall for obesity,
ADHD and narcolepsy.
Ecstasy - Answer✔✔-MDMA. 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 - Answer✔✔-Substances 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 - Answer✔✔-Historically 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 - Answer✔✔-Found in tobacco. Potent parasympathetic alkaloid,
stimulant drug, addictive. Associated with cardiovascular disease, potential
birth defects, and poisoning. Associated with cancer.
Suppositories - Answer✔✔-Drug delivery system inserted into rectum, vagina,
or urethra where it dissolves or melts and is absorbed into the bloodstream.
Diuretics - Answer✔✔-Promotes production of urine. Used for high blood
pressure. Often used by bulimics for weight loss.
Intravenous injection - Answer✔✔-A 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 - Answer✔✔-A route of drug administration; injected
into the muscle.
Drug abuse - Answer✔✔-Generally refers to chronic, excessive use of a drug.
May also refer to a person's intent.
Drug inhibition (receptor site) - Answer✔✔-
THC - Answer✔✔-Active 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) - Answer✔✔-Target cells for drugs.
OTC drugs - Answer✔✔-Over-the-counter drugs; such as, cough medicine, pain
medication, allergy medication that don't require prescriptions.
Tolerance - Answer✔✔-Some drugs are used frequently, large doses are
required to maintain the same effect
Anabolic steroids - Answer✔✔-Synthetic variant of the male sex hormone
testosterone
Opioids - Answer✔✔-Substances 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
Endorphins - Answer✔✔-Endogenous opioid neuropeptides. Produced by
central nervous system and pituitary gland. Released during exercise, interact
with the receptors in your brain to reduce perception of pain, trigger positive
body feeling, similar to morphine
and Fitness Exam Study Guide
– Practice Questions with
Verified Answers. GRADED A+.
Latest 2026/2027 Update
Amphetamines - Answer✔✔-Uppers, stimulants. Legitimate and useful medical
applications, but often abused. Example Ritalin for ADHD. Adderall for obesity,
ADHD and narcolepsy.
Ecstasy - Answer✔✔-MDMA. 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 - Answer✔✔-Substances 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 - Answer✔✔-Historically 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 - Answer✔✔-Found in tobacco. Potent parasympathetic alkaloid,
stimulant drug, addictive. Associated with cardiovascular disease, potential
birth defects, and poisoning. Associated with cancer.
Suppositories - Answer✔✔-Drug delivery system inserted into rectum, vagina,
or urethra where it dissolves or melts and is absorbed into the bloodstream.
Diuretics - Answer✔✔-Promotes production of urine. Used for high blood
pressure. Often used by bulimics for weight loss.
Intravenous injection - Answer✔✔-A 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 - Answer✔✔-A route of drug administration; injected
into the muscle.
Drug abuse - Answer✔✔-Generally refers to chronic, excessive use of a drug.
May also refer to a person's intent.
Drug inhibition (receptor site) - Answer✔✔-
THC - Answer✔✔-Active 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) - Answer✔✔-Target cells for drugs.
OTC drugs - Answer✔✔-Over-the-counter drugs; such as, cough medicine, pain
medication, allergy medication that don't require prescriptions.
Tolerance - Answer✔✔-Some drugs are used frequently, large doses are
required to maintain the same effect
Anabolic steroids - Answer✔✔-Synthetic variant of the male sex hormone
testosterone
Opioids - Answer✔✔-Substances 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
Endorphins - Answer✔✔-Endogenous opioid neuropeptides. Produced by
central nervous system and pituitary gland. Released during exercise, interact
with the receptors in your brain to reduce perception of pain, trigger positive
body feeling, similar to morphine
