Alcohols Flashcards
(15 cards)
relaxes the uterine muscles
a. acute alcohol effect
b. chronic alcohol effect
a. acute alcohol effect
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) levels which results to stupor
200-300 mg/dL
Caffeine usually produces slight bradycardia and decrease in cardiac output
a. True
b. False
b. False
inhibited by oral hypoglycemics
aldehyde dehydrogenase
which methylxanthine has the most methyl groups?
caffeine
lower total body water
a. females
b. males
a. females
most dangerous acute toxic effect of nicotine include:
a. hypertension
b. cardiac arrhythmia, depolarization blockade and respiratory paralysis
c. both
d. neither
c. both
after an equivalent oral dose of alcohol, women have a higher peak concentration than men
a. true
b. false
a. true
over 90% of alcohol consumed is oxidized in the liver then excreted through the lungs and in the urine
a. true
b. false
a. true
volume of distribution is independent of the amount of total body
a. true
b. false
b. false
there is a LOW relapse rate in the treatment of alcoholism
a. true
b. false
b. false
distribution of alcohol is rapid with tissue levels approximating the concentration in blood
a. true
b. false
a. true
the addictive power of cigarettes is directly related to their nicotine content
a. true
b. false
a. true
the natural analog of partial nicotine acetylcholine receptor agonist extracted from laburnum flowers
cystisine
drug used for treatment of alcohol dependence which is a weak NMDA-receptor antagonist and a GABAa-receptor activator
Acamprosate
