Drug Terms

Any medication that can be brought without a prescription.

• Over the Counter Drug
• Drug
• Prescription Drug
• Drug Allergy

Any chemical substance that causes a change in a person’s physical or psychological state.

• Drug Misuse
• Drug
• Drug Allergy
• Physical Dependence

Taking a drug for non medical purpose, and in a manner that can damage a person’s health or ability to function.  Both legal and illegal drugs can be abused

• Drug Interaction
• Medicine
• Drug Abuse
• Over the Counter Drug

The taking of a drug for correct medical purpose, but not in the correct amount, frequency, strength or manner.

• Medicine
• Drug Misuse
• Gateway Drug
• Physiological Dependence

A sense of great well being and pleasure.  “High”

• Overdose
• Endorphines
• Tolerance
• Euphora

Used to relieve pain and to reduce fever and inflammation

• Cannibis
• Stimulant
• Withdrawal
• Aspirin

Needing more and more of a drug to get the effect once caused by a lesser amount is called ____________.

• addiction

• tolerance

• withdrawal

• flashback

Potency is the _______________ of a drug.

• classification

• legality

• strength

• popularity

Another word for 'addiction' is...

• tolerance

• dependency

• overdose

• abuse

The needing of a drug to function is called ______________.

• withdrawal

• synergistic effect

• tolerance

• addiction