Drug Abuse Drugs

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Drug Abuse Drugs

Amphetamine

  • Increases Norepinepherine


Cocaine

  • Euphoria: incr. Dopamine pathways in limbic system

  • Blocks uptake 1

  • Crack= free base form

  • Metabolized by liver and blood esterases

  • Cronic Use

    • Decrease postsynaptic dop. Receptors; blockade of Dop. Reuptake from presynaptic neurons

Category: Pharmacology Notes

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