Drugs and Begave

Most easy to overdose and die from:

Heroin, Alcohol+Barbiturates

Most Addictive:

Nicotine (cigarettes), Heroin

least likely to overdose and die

Marijuana, LSD

The cause of most American deaths

Nicotine, alcohol

subcutaneous

injected under skin

Methods of taking drugs

Absorbed through skin, Inhaled or smoked, through membranes, Suppositories

Factors that affect drugs effects on people

Content of Stomach, Gender, Weight

How we eliminate drugs our system

Urine/feces, Sweat, Expelled Air and Breast Milk

Synergistic effects of drugs

the interaction of two or more drugs when their combined effect is greater than the sum of the effects seen when each drug is given alone

Antagonistic of drugs

An interaction between two or more drugs that have opposite effects on the body. Drug antagonism may block or reduce the effectiveness of one or more of the drugs.

Inhibitor of drugs

medications that block or inhibit the activity of specific enzymes, proteins, or other biological processes

Additive effects of drugs

often occurs when two similar drugs are taken together to achieve the same degree of therapeutic effect while reducing the specific adverse effect of one particular drug

How de we measure effects of drugs?

ED50 and LD50