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HSC 343 Midterm Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed Latest Update What are narcotics? - Answers Come from the poppy plant directly Examples of narcotics? - Answers morphine, oxycodone, fentanyl, vicodin When does tolerance begin after taking a drug continuously? - Answers 2-3 weeks after taking the drug Opioid side effects - Answers drowsiness, respiratory depression, dilated pupils, nausea, constipation What class schedule is Heroin? - Answers Class 1, high abuse potential and no medical use What class schedule are most Rx drugs? - Answers Class 2, medically useful but also potential for abuse Link of painkillers to heroin? - Answers When people start painkillers they build a tolerance, then they run out and go through withdrawal, they turn to heroin because it is cheap and accessible NYS i-stop law - Answers better monitoring of prescriptions, electronic prescriptions Where does most of the United State's heroin come from? - Answers Mexico Why is using an IV needle even more dangerous? - Answers It creates the risk for hepatitis or HIV Withdrawal symptoms of heroin/opioids - Answers nausea, chills, sweats, insomnia, terrors Activities that stimulate the brain's pleasure centers - Answers drug use, sex, food Definition of physical addiction - Answers your body needs the drug Definition of psychological addiction - Answers your mind needs the drug Definition of tolerance - Answers when you no longer feel the effects of the drugs; you need more Definition of withdrawal - Answers what happens when you are no longer taking the drug Risk factors - Answers Factors that increase your chances of drug abuse Protective factors - Answers Factors that decrease your chances of drug abuse Examples of risk and protective factors - Answers Risk: neighborhood, poverty, family history, family drug use. Protective: friends, support in school, family support Switching Policy - Answers an FDA policy allowing the change of suitable prescription drugs to over-the-counter status The Durham Humphrey Amendment - Answers Piece of legislature that created the distinction between OTC and prescription drug categories Orphan Drug Law - Answers financial incentives for drugs for rare diseases Fast Track Rule - Answers applied to testing of certain drugs, such as ones for rare canc