Author Question: Tony, unable to sleep, takes a tranquilizer along with barbiturates. The combined action of the ... (Read 63 times)

BRWH · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Tony, unable to sleep, takes a tranquilizer along with barbiturates. The combined action of the drugs prove to be fatal and kill him. This condition resulting from the combination of two depressants taken at a time is known as _________.

a. potentiation
b. chipping
c. tolerance
d. dependence

Question 2

A similarity between cocaine and amphetamine is that both ________.

a. produce paranoid psychotic reactions at very low doses
b. stimulate the central nervous system
c. are synthetic stimulants
d. primarily act as analgesics and painkillers