Social Work Session 5 Quiz

Withdrawal from opiates produces symptoms that are the opposite of the drug's effects. Considering this fact, which of the following symptoms would be expected from opiate withdrawal?

#1. bone, joint, and muscular pain #2. insomnia and anxiety #3. high blood pressure, rapid pulse, and tachycardia

Naltrexone is prescribed for which of the following uses?

#1. to break the cycle of addiction to opioids and prevent relapse #2. to break the addiction to alcohol and reduce alcoholic cravings #3. to break the cycle of cocaine addiction and reduce cravings for cocaine #4. to support smoking cessation and break nicotine addiction

Which of the following statements is true regarding the activation of the dopaminergic reward/control system?

#2. It releases a surge of pleasure that encourages repetition of behaviors intended primarily for survival. #3. It is largely responsible for drives to have sex, eat, and drink (water as well as alcohol). #4. It is activated by dopamine.

True or False: Depressants affect the central nervous system by elevating the user's blood pressure, pulse, heart rate, and respiration.

False

True or False: Needing a dose of a drug just to feel "normal" is a sign of tolerance.

False

True or False: Most sedative-hypnotics are from natural sources.

False, all modern prescription sedative-hypnotics are synthetic

The synergistic effect of drugs refers to

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

True or False: One of the symptoms of chronic opiate use is itchy skin.

True

True or False: Using a needle continuously to inject drugs in the same blood vessels traumatizes them, causing them to become unusable for injection.

True

True or False: Death from depressants (e.g. opioids) overdose usually involves severe respiratory depression.

True. Severe respiratory depression is the major cause of depressant drug overdose death.

Which of the following correctly lists the three major classes of depressants?

alcohol, opiates, sedative-hypnotics

Hyperalgesia is a temporary increase in the sensitivity to ____________ that is experienced during the long-term use of opiates/opioids used to treat pain.

painful stimuli

True or False: Addiction to and withdrawal from benzodiazepines is not generally severe.

False (p. 4,39-4.40)

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

Naloxone

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

True

True or False: Allodynia is a painful response to a normally pain-free stimulus, often as a result of long-term opiate/opioid use.

True

True or False: Benzodiazepine sedative-hypnotics generally have a higher margin of overdose safety than other drugs in this depressant category.

True

True or False: Heroin was first developed to be a non-addictive medical alternative to morphine.

True

True or False: Historically, most drug laws were made for political rather than medical considerations.

True

True or False: Human beings have naturally occurring (endogenous) opioids, which cause many of the same effects as those caused by taking opioid drugs (exogenous opioids).

True

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

True

True or False: Treatment for addiction to opiates requires a physiological and psychological process.

True

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

for 14 days or more after detoxification