PSYC 3410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Nociception, Buprenorphine, Methadone

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3410
• Professor: Elena Choleris

Document Summary

M a rc h 1 5 , 2 0 1 6. Contingent drug tolerance only addiction to the drug efects that are experiences. Conditioned drug tolerance tolerance develops to the environmental cues. 70% of people that consumed it became addicted: only 20% of quitting attempts are successful, heritability of addiction: 56% in twin studies. Nicotine is main psychoactive ingredient that produces most of the cigarettes efects: agonist to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor system. Bad: nausea, coughing, vomiting, sweating, abdominal cramps, dizziness, lashing, diarrhea. Amount of relaxed or alert (returning to homeostasis) An organic carbon based compound with a hydroxyl (-oh) functional group attached to a hydrocarbon. Obtained by fermentation of sugars (e. g. sucrose, fructose, glucose) Ethanol the alcohol contained in beverages (2 carbon groups) Disinhibitor at low doses increasing sociability, etc. Moderate doses cognitive impairments, perceptual impairments, verbal and motor impairments, vasodilation (skin rush), diuretic. High doses unconsciousness, hypothermia, respiratory depression (respiratory block, lethal)