NSTP – Midterm 4.

NARCOTICS
DRUG EDUCATION - drugs that relieve pain and often induce sleep

DRUG – a chemical substance that brings about EX:

physical, emotional, or behavioral change in a
person taking it.
*WHEN ARE DRUGS HARMFUL?*
1. When taken in excess
2. When taken in dangerous combinations
3. When taken by hypersensitive persons
*ARE PRODUCTS OTHER THAN DRUGS
EVER ABUSED?*
YES – Glue, Paint, Thinners, Gasoline
DRUG ABUSE – results in an individual’s
physical, mental, or social impairment
- Opium and its derivatives;
- Morphine
- Codeine
- Heroin
SIGNS OF DRUG ABUSE:
a. irritable, discourteous, defiant and aggressive
b. low frustration tolerance
c. lacks interest in studies
d. unhealthy and unconcerned with good
grooming
e. untrustworthy and lacks self-confidence
f. blames everybody for his problems
g. prefers “barkada” where he feels accepted

DRUG ABUSE REFERS TO: ILL EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE:

1. Using without benefit or prescription.
2. Using drugs for a purpose other than the result
of the prescribed drug.
3. Using drugs and substances having no
legitimate medical purposes.
a. MALNUTRITION – missing meals
b. PANIC REACTION – loss of thought;
feelings of invulnerability
c. PHYSICAL DAMAGE – liver and kidney
diseases, neglecting personal hygiene.

*WHY DO PEOPLE TURN TO DRUGS?* WHAT DOES THE PERSON DO TO

SUPPORT THE HABIT?
1. Medicine can solve problems.
- Committing crimes
2. Widespread access to various drugs.
3. Peer pressure - Stealing
4. Give enjoyment and serve as an alcohol - Prostitution
substitute. - Gambling

TYPES of DRUGS: PREVENT DRUGS:

- Maintain good physical hygiene
1. STIMULANTS
- increases alertness. - Use drugs properly
- Understand your own self
EX: - Develop your potentials
- amphetamine - Learn to relate effectively to whom you
- cocaine can communicate your problems freely
- caffeine - Learn to cope without drugs
- EPHEDRA – powerful stimulants such - Seek professional help if you feel you
as amphetamines and ephedra
cannot cope with your problems
2. HALLUCINOGENS - Develop strong moral and spiritual
- “psychedelics”; affect sensation, thinking, foundation
self-awareness, and emotion.
- produce changes in perception or mood.

EX:
- mescaline
- marijuana
- LSD (lysergic acid)

3. SEDATIVES
- drugs which may reduce anxiety and
excitement

EX:
- Barbiturates
- - Non-Barbiturates
- Tranquilizers
- Alcohol
ECSTASY LONG TERM EFFECTS OF MDMA:
- illegal mood-altering drug - Psychosis
- chemical name is 3,4 - Arrythmia – irregular heart beat
methylenedioxymethamphetamine - Depression
(MDMA) SHORT TERM EFFECTS MDMA:
- designer drug - Restlessness
- gained popularity as recreational drug - Anxiety
- X - Pronounced visual and auditory
- Rave hallucinations at larger doses
- Love drug - Increased BP and heart rate – cardiac
- LBD “Libido” arrest

Method of Administration (ECSTASY):

- oral ingestion
- snorting for faster

PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS:
1. Muscle tension
2. Involuntary teeth clenching
3. Nausea
4. Appetite loss
5. Blurred vision
6. Rapid eye movement
7. Hallucinations
8. Irritability
9. Faintness
10. Chills
11. Sweating
12. Sleeping problems
13.Increase in heart rate, body temperature and
BP
14. Liver and heart damage
15. Brain hemorrhage

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS:

 Extreme mood lifts
 Increase in willingness to communicate
 Stimulation
 Feeling of comfort, belongingness, and
closeness to others
 Feeling of love and empathy
 Forgiveness
 Increased awareness and appreciation of
music
 Increased awareness of senses
 Profound life – changing spiritual
experiences
 Experience bright and intense sensation
 Urge to hug and kiss people

NEGATIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS

 Inappropriate bonding
 Depression and fatigue up to 7 days
 Confusion
 Drug craving
 Severe anxiety and paranoia
NSTP – Midterm TREATMENT:
- There is no specific treatment for
DENGUE AWARENESS dengue fever
- mosquito-borne - Maintenance of the patient’s body fluid
- viral disease, rapidly spread in all volume is critical to severe dengue care.
regions
- transmitted by female mosquitoes Aeges PREVENTION:
aegypti - Preventing mosquitoes from accessing
- severe dengue was first recognized in egg-laying habitats by environmental
1950 during dengue epidemics in management and modification;
Philippines and Thailand - Disposing of solid waste properly and
- dengue is caused by a virus of the removing artificial man-made habitats;
Flaviviridae family - Covering, emptying and cleaning of
- recovery from infection by one provides domestic water storage containers on a
lifelong immunity weekly basis;
- Cross-immunity to the other serotypes - Applying appropriate insecticide
after recovery is only partial and - Using of personal household protection
temporary. measures, such as window screens,
long-sleeved clothes, repellents,
HOW IS DENGUE TRANSMITTED? insecticide treated materials, coils, and
- Aedes aegypti – primary vector of vaporizers
dengue; transmitted through the bites of - Improving community participation and
female mosquitoes mobilization for sustained vector control
- After virus incubation of 4-10 days, an
infected mosquito is capable of
transmitting the virus for the rest its life
- Aedes aegypti mosquito, lives in urban
habitats and breeds in man-made
containers
- Aedes aegypti – daytime feeder; peak
biting are early in the morning and in
evening before dusk.
- Aedes eggs can remain dry for over a
year, and hatch when contact in water
- Aedes albopictus – secondary dengue
vector in Asia; can be seen in tyres and
bamboo; spread in North America

CHARACTERISTICS OF DENGUE:
 Severe flu like illness that affects
infants, young children, and adults but
seldom causes death.
 Dengue should be suspected when a
high fever (40℃ / 104℉) is
accompanied by 2 of the following
symptoms: severe headache, pain behind
the eyes, muscle and joint pains, nausea,
vomiting, swollen glands or rash.
 Symptoms usually last for 2-7 days ,
after an incubation period of 4-10 days
after the bite from an infected mosquito.
 Severe dengue potentially deadly
complication due to plasma leaking,
fluid accumulation, respiratory distress,
severe bleeding, or organ impairment.
Warning signs occur 3-7 days after the
first symptoms in conjunction with a
decrease in temperature (below 38℃ /
100℉)