NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
TOXICOLOGY
Question
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Poison
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Stimulants
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Toxin
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Depressants
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Detailed explanation-1: -Stimulants: Increase feelings of energy and alertness, while suppressing appetite. Anabolic steroids: Promote cell and tissue growth and division.
Detailed explanation-2: -Stimulants are a class of drugs that speed up messages travelling between the brain and body. They can make a person feel more awake, alert, confident or energetic. Stimulants include caffeine, nicotine, amphetamines and cocaine.
Detailed explanation-3: -Stimulants: a. increase feelings of energy and alertness, while suppressing appetite.
Detailed explanation-4: -Overview of Stimulants Stimulants increase cognitive function and cause a state of alertness, attention, talkativeness, energy, and wellbeing. Stimulants can be taken orally, injected, smoked or eaten and cause a shorter more intense state of euphoria when smoked or injected.