Chapter 4 quiz part b
Why is it dangerous to combine an opioid with a downer like alcohol, barbiturates, or benzodiazepines
Because the combination of depressants increase the potential for respiratory depression, overdose, and death
Alcohol is a major stimulant
False
Sedatives are medication used to induce sleep
False
The "stop" switch in the brain , which tells your mind and body that is has had enough and disrupts the additive cycle, is located in the brain stem
False
The majority of her ion available in the United States comes from afganistan
False
Which of the following is true about the purity of heroin?
It varies from 0% to 99%
Acute withdrawal from heroin is not as life threatening as acute withdrawal from alcohol or sedative-hypnotics
True
Heroin and morphine are considered long-acting opioids
True
Heroin was first developed to be a non-addictive medical alternative to morphine
True
Historically, most drug laws were made for political rather than medical considerations
True
Human beings have naturally occurring (endogenous) opioids, which cause many of the same effects as those caused by taking opioid drugs (exogenous)
True
Using a needle continuously to inject drugs in the same blood vessels can cause them to collapse
True
Of the following semi-synthetic/synthetic opiate drugs, which is not a correct match with the trade pharmaceutical name listed after it?
diacetylmorphine | Suboxone
Which of the following statements about opioids is true?
There is almost no limit to the level of opioid tolerance a human can develop.
Law enforcement and treatment personnel can get a strong indication of what's type of drug a person is using from the size of his pupils
True
One of the symptoms of chronic opiate use is itchy skin
True
The major receptor sites for opioids are the mu, delta , kappa, and nociceptin
True
Tolerance to one type of depressant ,such as alcohol, can lead to the development of cross-tolerance for another depressant , such as benzodiazepines
True
Which of the following statements is true?
Most herion abusers began by abusing prescription opiods,specifically OxyContin
Overdose deaths involving opioids most commonly include their combined use with other legal or licit substances like alcohol, benzodiazepines, or antidepressants
True
