PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Tachycardia, Bath Salts, Rhabdomyolysis
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Top 10: marijuana, prescription drugs, alcohol, ecstasy, inhalants, synthetic drugs (k2, bath salts ), anabolic steroids, nicotine, methamphetamines, heroine. Add drugs/amphetamines: stimulates release of norepinephrine/dopamine (catecholamines, less effective in adults than children, abuse potential similar to cocaine injection, side effects. Gastrointestinal: restrictions do not prescribe if cardiovascular disease, hypertension, glaucoma, bipolar, within 14 days of using mao, hyperthyroidism. Ecstasy: similar properties as amphetamine, euphoric effect, increased intimacy and sexual arousal, similar structure as serotonin. Also serotonergic toxicity (cognitive, autonomic, and somatic effects: life threatening effects seizures, increased heartrate, increased blood pressure, low sodium, liver destruction, rhabdomyolysis, muscle/liver destruction. Bath salts: similar to ecstasy/methamphetamines, much stronger than meth/cocaine (higher serotonin level, side effects. Lsd: effects hallucination, flashbacks (symptoms after intoxication worn off), good" trip, bad" trip (fear, dysphoria, dread), euphoria, observer outside of one"s body, hallucination experience things despite absence of external symptoms. Inhalants: volatile substances that produce chemical vapors that can be inhaled to induce psychoactive/mind-altering effect.
