MEDICINES VS DRUGS

DEFINITIONS DRUGS: SUBSTANCES OTHER THAN FOOD THAT CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OR FUNCTION OF THE BODY OR MIND (Affect the CNS) MEDICATIONS: DRUGS THAT ARE USED TO TREAT OR PREVENT DISEASE OR OTHER CONDITIONS

ALL MEDICINES ARE DRUGS, BUT NOT ALL DRUGS ARE MEDICINES. RULE:

MEDICINES THERE ARE 4 CATEGORIES OF MEDICINES BROKEN DOWN BY THEIR PURPOSE

MEDICINES THAT PREVENT DISEASE

MEDICINES THAT FIGHT PATHOGENS

MEDICINES THAT RELIEVE PAIN (ANALGESICS)

MEDICINES THAT PROMOTE HEALTH

DRUGS THERE ARE 4 CATEGORIES OF DRUGS BROKEN DOWN BY WHAT THEY DO TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS)

STIMULANTS- SPEED UP THE CNS

DEPRESSANTS- SLOW DOWN THE CNS

NARCOTICS- SPECIFIC DRUGS DERIVED FROM THE OPIUM PLANT THAT ARE USED TO RELIEVE PAIN

HALLUCINOGENS- DRUGS THAT ALTER MOODS, THOUGHTS AND PERCEPTIONS

ANTITOXINS EXTRACTS OF BLOOD FLUIDS THAT CONTAIN ANTIBODIES THAT ARE INJECTED INTO A PERSON TO NEUTRALIZE THE EFFECTS OF TOXINS THAT CAUSE CERTAIN DISEASES

MORPHINE OPIOD, ANALGESIC DRUG THAT IS PRESCRIBED FOR MODERATE TO SEVERE PAIN

ANTIBIOTICS CHEMICAL AGENTS THAT DESTROY DISEASE- CAUSING BACTERIA

KETAMINE CAUSES A DREAMLIKE STATE AND MAY LEAD TO RESPIRATORY FAILURE DUE TO THE SUPPRESSION OF MESSAGES FROM THE BRAIN TO THE BODY

ASPIRIN CONTAINS ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID AND IS USED TO RELIEVE PAIN, REDUCE FEVER AND TREAT ARTHRITIS

CODEINE AN OPIATE PRESCRIBED TO TREAT MILD TO MODERATE PAIN

NICOTINE ADDICTIVE PART OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS THAT INCREASES THE ACTIVITY OF THE CNS

BARBITURATES SEDATIVE-HYPNOTIC SUBSTANCES THAT INDUCE SLEEPINESS BY SLOWING DOWN THE CNS

VACCINE CONTAINS WEAKENED OR DEAD PATHOGENS THAT STIMULATE THE BODY TO PRODUCE ANTIBODIES THAT PROVIDE SPECIFIC PROTECTION AGAINST THESE PATHOGENS IN THE FUTURE

PCP CAUSES A DISTORTED SENSE OF TIME AND SPACE, DISORIENTATION AND AN INABILITY TO FEEL PAIN

NAPROXEN NONSTEROIDAL ANTI- INFLAMMATORY DRUG (NSAID) USED TO TEMPORARILY RELIEVE MINOR ACHES AND PAINS. ALSO CONTAINS A TIME- RELEASE ELEMENT WHICH MAKES IT LAST LONGER. FOUND IN OTC MEDICATIONS SUCH AS ALEVE

ANTIHISTAMINES REDUCES SNEEZING, ITCHY WATERY EYES, AND RUNNY NOSE ASSOCIATED WITH ALLERGIES

COCAINE A RAPID-ACTING, POWERFUL, HIGHLY ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCE THAT SPEEDS UP THE NORMAL FUNCTIONING OF THE CNS

IBUPROFEN NONSTEROIDAL ANTI- INFLAMMATORY DRUG (NSAID) USED TO TEMPORARILY RELIEVE MINOR ACHES AND PAINS. FOUND IN OTC MEDICATIONS SUCH AS ADVIL AND MOTRIN

AMPHETAMINES USED IN PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES TO INCREASE THE ACTIVITY OF THE CNS TO REDUCE FATIGUE AND DROWSINESS OR TO SUPPRESS APPETITE EXAMPLE- ADDERALL

BODY REGULATORS USED TO MAINTAIN HEALTH BY REGULATING BODY CHEMISTRY. EXAMPLES- INSULIN, INHALERS, BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION

ALCOHOL A POWERFUL AND ADDICTIVE DRUG THAT CAUSES INTOXICATION BY SLOWING THE MESSAGES TO AND FROM THE CNS

METHAMPHETAMINE USED TO INCREASE THE ACTIVITY OF THE CNS TO TREAT DISEASES SUCH AS PARKINSON’S AND OBESITY

ANTIDEPRESSANTS ANTIPSYCHOTICS HELP TO NORMALIZE BRAIN CHEMISTRY WHICH REGULATE MOOD

TRANQUILIZERS REDUCE MUSCULAR ACTIVITY, COORDINATION AND ATTENTION BY SLOWING THE MESSAGES TO AND FROM THE CNS

ROHYPNOL KNOWN AS THE “DATE RAPE DRUG”. CAUSES EXTREME SEDATION BY DELAYING THE MESSAGES TO AND FROM THE CNS

OXYCONTIN SEMI-SYNTHETIC ANALGESIC DRUG DERIVED FROM THE OPIUM PLANT USED TO RELIEVE MODERATE TO SEVERE CHRONIC PAIN

HEROIN HIGHLY ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCE DERIVED FROM THE OPIUM PLANT THAT SLOWS BREATHING AND HEART RATE BY DEPRESSING THE CNS

ACETAMINOPHEN USED TO RELIEVE PAIN AND REDUCE FEVER AND IS FOUND IN MANY OTC MEDICATIONS SUCH AS TYLENOL

ANTIVIRALS CHEMICAL AGENTS THAT SUPPRESS DISEASE- CAUSING VIRUSES

LSD AFFECTS THE EMOTIONAL CENTER IN THE BRAIN AND CAUSES SEVERE CHANGES IN THE PERCEPETION OF SOUND AND COLOR WHICH CAN LEAD TO A EUPHORIC FEELING OR FEELINGS OF EXTREME DEPRESSION

CANCER TREATMENTS REDUCE RAPID CELL GROWTH AND HELP TO STOP THE SPREAD OF CANCER CELLS. EXAMPLE- CHEMOTHERAPY

ANTIFUNGALS CHEMICAL AGENTS THAT CAN CURE OR SUPPRESS DISEASE- CAUSING FUNGAL INFECTIONS

CRACK PURE FORM OF COCAINE THAT REACHES THE BRAIN WITHIN SECONDS CAUSING THE CNS TO INCREASE HEART RATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE TO DANGEROUS LEVELS

INHALANTS SUBSTANCES WHOSE FUMES ARE SNIFFED AND INHALED TO ACHIEVE A MIND-ALTERING EFFECT BY KILLING BRAIN CELLS AND DEPRESSING THE CNS