chapter 4

False

The primary illegitimate source for obtaining prescription drugs such as Oxycontin, Vicodin, and Xanax is over the internet.

Which of the following statements about opiods is True?

There is almost no limit to the level of opioid tolerance a human can develop.

True

Treatment for addiction to opiates require a physiological and psychological process.

why is it dangerous to combine an opioid with a downer like alcohol, barbiturates, or benzodiazepines?

because the combination of depressants increases the potential for respiratory depression, overdose, and death.

True

Using a needle continuously to inject drugs in the same blood vessels traumaticizes them, causing them to become unusable for injection.

Naloxone

Which of the following drugs is an opioid antagonist that may be to prevent an opioid overdose.

True

Acute withdrawal from heroin is not as life-threatening as acute withdrawal from alcohol or sedative-hypnotics.

False

Addiction to and withdrawal from benzodiazepines is not usually severe.

True

One of the symptoms of chronic opiate use is itchy skin..

False

The majoeory if heroin in ghe US comes from Afghanistan.

False

Z-hypnotics like Sonata, Ambien, and Imovane, are short-acting but thwybare thought to have a higher risk of addiction than most benzodiazepines.

False

An individual who is under the influence of heroin will have dilated pupils.

True

Benzodiazepine sedative-hypnotics generally have a higher margin of overdose safety than other drugs in the depressant category.

False

Benzodiazepines are used by sexual predators to increase sexual desires in their victims.

False

Benzodiazepines are used by sexual predators to increase sexual desires in victims.

True

Death from depressants ( opiods) overdose usually involves severe respiratory depression.

False

Depressants affect the CNS by elevating the user's blood pressure, pulse, heart rate, and respiration.

True

Drug tolerance to benzodiazepines develops in part due to increased efficiency of the liver in processing (metabolizing) a drug that is used regularly.

True

Historically, most drug laws were made for political rather than medical considerations.

True

Human beings have naturally occurring (endogenous) opiods, which cause many of the same effects as those caused by taking opiod drugs (exogenous opiods).

True

Hyperalgesia is a temporary increase in the sensitivity to painful stimuli that is experienced during the long-term use of opiods-opiates used to treat pain.

False

Most sedative-hypnotics are from natural sources.

False

Needing a dose of a drug just to feel "normal" is a sign of tolerance.

Diacetylmorphine / Suboxone

Of the following semi-synthetic opiate drugs, which is not a correct match with the trade pharmaceutical name listed after it?

False

Opiods affect the brains neurochemistry by acting like endorphins and blocking dopamine to prevent pain.

False

Opiods, particularly heroin, affect only a select few of the body's organs, mainly the heart, the liver, and the kidneys.

False

The "stop" switch in the brain, tells your mind and body that it has enough and functions to turn off the "go switch", located in the brain stem.

The synergistic effect of drugs refers to?

The combination of two or more depressant drugs, which magnifies their effect on the CNS.

True

Tolerance to one type of depressant, such as alcohol, can lead to the development of cross-Tolerance for another depressant, such as benzodiazepines.

It varies from 10% to 70%

Which of the following is true about the purity of heroin at the retail level.

How long can withdrawal symptoms following detoxification and abstinence from long-acting opiods such as methadone persist?

for 14 days or more after detox

False

Alcohol is a major stimulant.

True

Alkaloids morphine and codine are found in the sap of the poppy seedpod.

True

Allodynia is a painful response to normally pain-free stimulus, often as a result of long-term opiod/opiate use.

True

Opiods limit the release of and block receptors of substance P, which is the name of the neurotransmitter that transmits pain messages from nerve cell to nerve cell.

False

Opiods, such as hydrocodone (Vicodin), usually suppresses nausea and vomiting.

False

Sedatives are medications used to induce sleep.