PSC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Nicotine Patch, Epinephrine Autoinjector, Insufflation
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External cues like room, needles etc (the whole process of getting cocaine) before you get cocaine. Your brain tells body to get head start lowers hr before you take drugs this is why you need higher dose over time. No high (which would occur if you took the drug) to counteract the slowing down your body has created. If you"re in a new location but take same level of drugs, you might get overdose. This is because in the new location your body has not prepared by reducing hr/metabolism. Routes of drug entry: routes of entry: oral, injection, inhalation, oral is ingesting something, one of slowest routes because goes through gi tract half hour. Inhalation is breathing or snorting or smoking, because once you inhale goes straight to brain. Insufflation, inhaling drugs through the nose, is highly addictive but less addictive than drugs that are injected. Injection- most direct, intravenous means goes right to vein.
