Some drugs of abuse have been shown to cause schizophrenia, a psychotic conditio

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Some drugs of abuse have been shown to cause schizophrenia, a psychotic condition and hallucination can occur. Select from the following list, which substance has been shown and reported to cause a psychotic condition, that is, schizophrenia.

Nicotine

Cocaine

Caffeine

Saline

Many of the drugs that are in the benzodiazapine categories are drugs of abuse and can cause addiction. Yet, these drugs are often helpful in many conditions. Select the benzodiazepine that can be administered orally the night before a surgery to relieve the anxiety that often occurs when one is preparing for a surgical procedure.

Nicotine

Diazepam, (Valium®)

Lithium

Triazolam

Which of the following brain diseases is most associated with increase of dopamine and uses L-DOPA and thereby is possibly associated with addiction?

Epilepsy

Schizophrenia

Epilepsy with Schizophrenia

Parkinson’s Disease

Nicotine

Cocaine

Caffeine

Saline

Explanation / Answer

Ans 1 . B) Cocaine

Cocaine has been studied in a great depth. It causes lasting effects on the mental health of the person. With frequent use the tolerance towards the drug develops and more amount of drug is neede to produce the same pleasure effect. They cause mental disorder such as schizophrenia and may increase the severity of the already existing mental disorders.

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