Physical dependence to drugs is indicated by:
A. Presence of need for increased dosage and withdrawal symptoms occur on absence of drug
B. Absence of need for increased dosage and withdrawal symptoms occur on absence of drug
C. Need for increased dosage but on absence of drug no withdrawal symptoms occur
D. Need for decreased dosage to achieve effects originally produced by higher doses
The Answer is. (D).
Amphetamine intoxication can result in a psychosis very closely resembling acute paranoid schizophrenia, with symptoms including paranoid delusions and visual hallucinations. Some investigators feel that prominent visual hallucinations and a relative absence of thought disorder are more characteristic of amphetamine psychosis, but other investigators feel the symptoms are indistinguishable. Other drugs that produce psychoses similar to schizophrenia include phencyclidine PCP) and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
A. Presence of need for increased dosage and withdrawal symptoms occur on absence of drug
B. Absence of need for increased dosage and withdrawal symptoms occur on absence of drug
C. Need for increased dosage but on absence of drug no withdrawal symptoms occur
D. Need for decreased dosage to achieve effects originally produced by higher doses
The Answer is. (D).
Amphetamine intoxication can result in a psychosis very closely resembling acute paranoid schizophrenia, with symptoms including paranoid delusions and visual hallucinations. Some investigators feel that prominent visual hallucinations and a relative absence of thought disorder are more characteristic of amphetamine psychosis, but other investigators feel the symptoms are indistinguishable. Other drugs that produce psychoses similar to schizophrenia include phencyclidine PCP) and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
