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Prescription Drugs

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In 2014, more than 1700 young adults died from _____ of prescription drugs, which is more than those from any other type of drug.
Use of antidepressants for _____ purposes leads to insomnia, irritability, nervousness, anxiety, violence, suicidal thoughts, hostility.
Tolerance to depressants develops rapidly and some withdrawal symptoms are ____, weakness, nausea, agitation, and high body temperature.
Xanax and Nembutal are brands of depressants, which are sorted into three categories: ____, tranquilizers, and antipsychotics.
This type of prescription drug, medically used to treat conditions like depression, anxiety, and trouble sleeping comes in the form of Prozac, Paxil, Celexa, Zoloft, more commonly goes by the street names such as “downers” “goof balls” and “tranks.”
Young adults (ages 18-25) are most likely to _____ prescription drugs (about 12% of the population).
Opioid and Morphine Derivatives are highly addictive and tolerance builds overtime, with some short-term effects being drowsiness, slowed breathing, constipation, ____, nausea, coma.
Tablets, capsules, and liquid forms of pain relievers are common forms of ____ and Morphine derivatives.
14% of users of antidepressants experience extreme ____ and irrationality.
Downers, candy, and sleeping pills, which are street names for ____, depress the nervous system and slow brain function.
Short term and immediate effects of using stimulants include extreme _____, depression, and apathy. Long term effects include such as hostility, paranoia, and irregular heartbeat.
The extreme exhaustion following the high of stimulants causes this drug to be very _____, as users want to continuously prevent themselves from feeling the fatigue.
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Captain Cody, Schoolboy, China Girl, and Tango and Cash are street names of Opioid and Morphine derivatives brand names Fiorional with Codeine, Roxanol, Tylenol with Codeine, and ____.
More than ____ million people abuse prescription drugs in the US alone.
This type of prescription drugs, sometimes called “uppers” “skippy” “JIF” “kibbles and bits” “truck drivers” and more, increase alertness and energy.
When being used for medical purposes, stimulants are taken as tablets or capsuls. When being used for drug abuse purposes, it is swallowed, injected as a ______, or crushed and snorted.
Prescription Drugs are responsible for 45% of overdose deaths compared to ____ drugs combined at 39%.
The first form of a stimulant was produced in 1860 in the form of cocaine, which comes from ____ leaf extract, a substance also found in popular wines at the time.
Forms of antidepressants come in ___ tablets.
Long term effects of depressants are impairment of memory, _____, and suicidal thoughts, but when combined with alcohol they can even lead to death.
In 2005 ____ painkillers caused 38.2% of overdose deaths out of 22,400, and was the most commonly found drug.
Depressants normally come in the form of ____ and their medicinal use is for reducing anxiety and tension.
Withdraw symptoms include suicidal thoughts, ____, and depression.