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Prescription Drug Jeopardy
Review Game
July 18, 2015
Prescription Drug Jeopardy
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Category 1 100
 How does
one get
prescription
drugs?
From a doctor writing you a
prescription for them and then
you to to drug store and they fill
the prescription for you
Kids might also steal them from
their family/friends or in the
medicine cabinet
Category 1 200
 Name an example
of a prescription
drug that is
commonly used to
get high
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Pain killers like….
Oxytocin
Percocet
ADD or ADHD
meds like….. Ritalin
etc.
Category 1 400
 Besides being
dangerous for YOU,
what is another
reason you should
NOT take anyone
else’s prescription
medicines?
 Because then they
don’t have the
medicine they need
for their condition
and are in pain or
getting worse in
their health. You
are making them
suffer basically.
Category 1 600
 Give an example of
a pain reliever that
is abused…
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Oxycontin
Percocet
Vicodin
Morphine
Codeine
Category 1 800
Where do Opiates
come from?
 Opioid family
 From the opium
plant
 From the poppy
plant
 Same plant that
makes heroin
Category 1 1000
 What are
benzodiazepines?
 Depressants
 Sedatives
 Also called
Tranquilizers
Category 2 100
 How are
prescription
drugs
abused?
 Taken by
pill/swallowed
 Or crushed
up and
snorted
Category 2 200
 Depressant
drugs do
what?
 Depress the
central
nervous
system….put
someone to
sleep, calm
them down,
make them
less anxious
etc.
Category 2 400
 Give an
example of a
depressant
prescription
drug
 Xanax
 Valium
Category 2 600
 What are the
effects on the
body from
depressant
drugs?
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Lethargic/tired
Memory problems
Confusion
Paranoia
Hostility
Headache
Losing inhibitions
Seizures
Category 2 800
 Stimulant drugs
that people
abuse include….
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Amphetamines
Methamphetamines
ADHD meds
Ritalin/Concerta
Category 2 1000
 Name the
three
categories of
prescription
drugs…
 1. Stimulants
 2. Depressants
 3. Opiods/Pain relievers
Category 3 100
 Besides
Medicine
getting
Cabinets
Prescription
drugs from a
doctor where
else might
kids find them
to abuse?
Category 3 200
 What
category do
Barbiturates
call into? And
what is an
example of
one?
 Depressants
 Benzo’s
 Sleeping
meds
 Xanax
Category 3 400
 ADHD meds
like Ritalin
and concerta
fall into what
category?
 Stimulant/amphet
amines
Category 3 600
 What is
Xanax
prescribed
for?
 Anxiety or to sleep
Category 3 800
 What is
Ritalin
prescribed
for? And why
might
someone
abuse it?
 Ritalin is for people
with ADHD
 People might abuse
it to pull an all
nighter and stay up
late or get a project
done or just to be
hyper
Category 3 1000
 What is it called when
people who are
addicted to prescription
drugs go to many
different doctors to
collect prescriptions to
feed their addiction
 Doctor
Shopping
Category 4 100
 Prescription drugs are bad
when taken in high dosages
and when not prescriped to
you but they are MOST
harmful when combined
with what?
Alcohol
Category 4 200
 Can you get
prescription
drugs over
the counter?
 No you must
have a doctors
prescription for
it.
Category 4 400
 What do you
need in order
to get a
prescription
drug?
 A prescription
from a doctor
Category 4 600
 Why might
someone be
prescribed
Vicodin or
Codeine?
 Because they
had an
operation or
pain
Category 4 800
 What drug
 Oxycontin
category does goes into the
oxy go into?
pain reliever
or opiod
category of
prescription
drugs
Category 4 1000
 What do the
stimulant
drugs do to
you and
what’s an
example?
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Stimulants usually speed you
up (speed up your central
nervous system) but an
example of a stimulant is
Ritalin meds for adhd and it
actually does the opposite in
someone with this condition.
Helps them concentrate etc.
Category 5 100
 Codeine is an  Codeine is a
example of
pain reliever
what kind of
from the pain
prescription
reliever or
drug from
opiod
what
category of
category?
prescription
drugs
Category 5 200
 Can
Prescription
drugs be
addicting?
 YES VERY
ADDICTING
Category 5 400
 Name some
slang names
when talking
about
prescription
drugs:
 Oxy
 Percs
 Barbs
 Benzos
Category 5 600
 Falling asleep  True
at work is a
sign that
someone
might be
using a
prescription
drug
Category 5 800
Category 5 1000
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