Question 1

Nicotine replacement therapies include nicotine gum and nicotine patches. In terms of their routes of administration what are the advantages and disadvantages of each product?

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Question 2

Describe, with examples, how pharmacokinetic factors can alter the effects of drugs.

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Question 3

You give the same dose of a drug to two people and find that they respond very differently to it. Explain why this difference may have occurred.

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Question 4

Cocaine, caffeine and the amphetamines are sometimes classified as 'stimulant' drugs. By comparing the effects of these drugs, evaluate the appropriateness of classifying them together.

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Question 5

Compare and contrast heroin with cocaine in terms of their mechanisms of action, their physiological and psychological effects.

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Quiz 2: Drugs and the Nervous System: Psychopharmacology

Nicotine replacement therapies include nicotine gum and nicotine patches. In terms of their routes of administration what are the advantages and disadvantages of each product?

Describe, with examples, how pharmacokinetic factors can alter the effects of drugs.

You give the same dose of a drug to two people and find that they respond very differently to it. Explain why this difference may have occurred.

Cocaine, caffeine and the amphetamines are sometimes classified as 'stimulant' drugs. By comparing the effects of these drugs, evaluate the appropriateness of classifying them together.

Compare and contrast heroin with cocaine in terms of their mechanisms of action, their physiological and psychological effects.