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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