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Title: MEDICINES


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MEDICINES DRUGS
  • Drugs
  • anything that changes the body or mind
  • Medicine
  • drugs that prevent or treat illnesses
  • Pills, liquids, injections, topical applications
  • Prescription
  • Doctor gives permission to use monitors
  • OTC
  • Over The Counter, found in most stores

2
CLASSIFICATIONS
  • Prevent
  • vaccines
  • Fight
  • antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals
  • Relieve
  • analgesics-aspirin, ibuprofen, acetaminophen,
    cortico-steriods
  • Maintain
  • allergy medicine, MH medicine, body regulating

3
PRESCRIPTION LABEL
  • Names
  • Doctor, patient, pharmacy, medicine
  • Numbers
  • Phone of above, prescription, pills, refills
  • Expiration date
  • Warnings
  • Do not operate heavy machinery Take with food
  • NO SIDE EFFECTS

4
EFFECTS
  • Side effects
  • Any effects other than what it is intended to do
  • Tolerance
  • Body becomes used to medicine needs more
  • Withdrawal
  • Symptoms that occur when stop using
  • Abuse
  • Improper use, sharing with others, not following
    directions

5
ADDICTION CYCLE
  • 1) first use
  • 5)ADDICTION 2) tolerance
  • 4)physiological 3) psychological
  • dependence dependence

6
CONSEQUENCES-SELF
  • Physical
  • Addiction, sickness, death
  • Social
  • Loss of friends, family members, job
  • Mental
  • Addicition, decreased self esteem

7
CONSEQUENCES - OTHERS
  • Society
  • 160 million-medical bills, loss of work hours,
    accidents, jail time
  • Family Friends
  • Increase in domestic violence, birth defects,
    divorce, neglect

8
ILLEGAL DRUGS
  • Psychoactive
  • Stimulants speed up CNS Speed
  • Depressants slow down CNS Marijuana
  • Narcotics opiates to relieve pain Heroin
  • Hallucinogens alter moods thoughts XTC
  • Inhalants sniffing, huffing fumes
  • Anabolic Steroids muscle building
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