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The CNS depressants include various prescription drugs referred to as

Sedative-hypnotics

The four most widely sold benzodiazepines are all longer acting drugs sold primarily as

anxiolytics

One of the oldest gaseous anesthetics, popularly known as " laughing gas" is

Nitrous oxide

Inhalant use has traditionally been more common among

Poor Hispanic and Native American youth

Withdrawal from long term use of sedative-hypnotic drugs is characterized by

anxiety, impaired concentration, insomnia, convulsions

Which of the following drugs could theoretically be used to treat barbiturate withdrawal

alcohol

Anecdotally or "poppers" are used to enchance sexual pleasure

amyl nitrite

What has kept paraldehyde from being widely used

bad taste and odor

Librium (chlordiazepoxide) and Valium (diazepam) were first widely sold

benzodiazepines

How are barbiturates usually classified

duration of action

When benzodiazepines bind to their receptor site, they

enchance the inhibitory effects of GABA

The modern era of abuse of volatile solvents by young people can be treated to a 1959 newspaper report of

glue sniffing

The major advantage of the benzodiazepines over the barbiturates seems to be the

greater safety margin

Among the barbiturates, when prescribing a sleeping pill(hypnotic),physicians would usually choose a

higher dose of a short acting drug

Animal self- administration experiments and studies of drug choice among human indicate that

short acting barbiturates are more likely to lead to dependence than any of the benzodiazepines

The " date-rape" drug Rohypnol (flunitrazepam)

is sold as a hypnotic agent (sleeping pill) in many countries other than the US

Two drugs that were introduced as being safer than the barbiturates, but in the long run proved to be not much, safer were

meprobamate and methaqualone

Zolpidem (Ambien) is

not a benzodiazepine chemically, but it has similar effects

GHB (gamma hydroxybutyric acid)

occurs naturally in the brain

One of the most dangerous acute effects of taking depressant in combination with alcohol is the "cheese reaction"

respiratory depression

What household product contains nitrous oxide

whipped cream dispensers