PSY 315 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dextroamphetamine, Imipramine, Substance Abuse
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Every drug has 3 names: brand name, generic name, chemical name. Ex) diazepam has been marketed as valium, apozepam, vatran, sonacon, etc. Official legal name of the drug for use by the public. This name is never assigned to another drug and it can only be applied to substances of proven therapeutic value. Usually carries the name of the acid or base with which the dug was stabilized into a salt. Unofficial name of the drug/slang label applied to abused substances by their devotees. Purifying a drug by treating it with alkaloids (bases) Ex) cocaine hydrochloride treated with baking soda = undoes the effect of hydrochloric acid used to stabilize it and frees cocaine in purer form. When two drugs contain identical chemical components and the molecules of their active ingredients are present in identical proportions. Affect the same biological systems in similar degrees, even if they have different active ingredients.
