

Uncontrolled Misuse
4 snips Oct 23, 2023
Discussing the increasing misuse of medications like bupropion, quatypine, and gabapentinoids, and the need to address this national crisis. Exploring the misuse of prescription medications, addiction as a chronic brain disease, and the criteria for defining addiction. Focusing on the misuse and abuse potential of commonly prescribed medications, including bupropion. Exploring the differences in anticholinergic effects, the abuse potential of certain drugs, and the spectrum of altered mental states.
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Introduction
00:00 • 4min
Understanding Prescription Medication Misuse and Addiction
03:54 • 4min
Schedule I Classification of Cannabinoids and Misuse of Commonly Prescribed Medications
07:39 • 2min
Misuse and Abuse of Bupropion: The 'Poor Man's Cocaine'
09:21 • 11min
Differences in anticholinergic effects, abuse potential, and altered states of consciousness
20:06 • 4min