PSYC 2050 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Hypoventilation, Cocaethylene, Lethal Dose
8 Jan 2018
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Psyc 2050: chapter 5 modes of drug action: origins of drugs. Most drugs come from plants or are chemically derived from plants. Ma huang (ephedra: names of drugs. Chemical name: complete chemical description of the molecule; rarely used except in labs. Generic name: official (legal) name and cannot be trademarked. Brand name: specific drug or formulation trademarked by manufacturer; can be patented for 20 years: nonspecific drug effects. What you think will happen, past experience, environment, etc. Includes anything except the chemical activity of the drug and the direct effects of this activity: dose-response curve. Size of response to the amount of the drug. Specific effects increase with the amount of the drug. Ataxia: profound lack of coordination: ed50: effective dose for 50% of animal subjects in a drug test. Ld50: lethal dose for 50% of animal subjects in a drug test: specific drug effects. Depend on the presence of the chemical at certain concentrations in the target tissue.
