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| Running Time: 35 minutes Copyright: 2004 Format: DVD |
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| Prescription & OTC Drugs: Misuse & Abuse DVD | |||||
Featuring: B. Zane Horowitz, MD Medical Director, Oregon Poison Center Oregon Health & Science University, Portland Donald R. Yance JR, CN, MH, RH (AHG) Clinical Master Herbalist & author Pablo Stewart, MD Psychiatry & Neurology San Francisco Dept of Public Health | Addressing both legal and illegal drugs, this DVD gives a comprehensive look at the pharmacological principles that determine effects, both desired and damaging. The video explores the idea that almost any substance can be a therapeutic drug, a psychoactive drug, or a poison, depending on the dose or interactions with other drugs. By visualized the concepts of pharmacology - drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, threshold dose, tolerance, tissue dependence, withdrawal, and especially addiction - the dangers of misuse of specific drugs can be studied. The program focuses on legal, psychoactive drugs, such as Vicodin ® and OxyContin ®, and the difficulties of trying to control pain with drugs. It also recognized the problems with over-the-counter drugs, including cough remedies, diet pills, and herbal supplements. |
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