OpioiduagonistsuSelectuPrototypeuMedicationu-
uCORRECTuANSWER✔Morphine
OpioiduAgonistuOtherumedicationsu-uCORRECTuANSWER✔Fentanyl
Meperidine
Methadone
Codeine
Oxycodone
Hydromorphone
PurposeuforuOpioiduAgonistuMedicationsu-
uCORRECTuANSWER✔actuonutheumuureceptorsuand,utouaulesserudegree,u
onukappaureceptors.uActivationuofumuureceptorsuproducesuanalgesia,urespir
atoryudepression,ueuphoria,uandusedation,uwhereasukappaureceptoruactivati
onuproducesuanalgesia,usedation,uandudecreaseduGIumotility.uActivationuof
umuureceptorsucanualsoubeulinkedutouphysicaludependence.
Opioiduclassificationsu-uCORRECTuANSWER✔agonists,uagonist-
antagonists,uanduantagonists
, Opioiduagonistu-
uCORRECTuANSWER✔attachesutouaureceptoruanduproducesuauresponseu
(analgesia,ueuphoria,usedation,urespiratoryudepression,uanduotherueffects)
opioiduagonist-antagonistu-
uCORRECTuANSWER✔causesuanuanalgesicuresponseuwhenuadministere
dualoneuandupreventsuanuanalgesicuresponseuwhenuadministereduwithuaupur
euagonist
opioiduantagonistu-
uCORRECTuANSWER✔doesunotuproduceuanalgesiauoruanyuotherueffects
uofuopioids.uItsumainuuseuisutoureverseurespiratoryuanduCNSudepressionucau
sedubyuoverdoseuofuopioids.
Antiemeticuprototypeumedicationsu-
uCORRECTuANSWER✔Glucocorticoids:uDexamethasone
SubstanceuP/neurokinin1uantagonists:uAprepitant
Serotoninuantagonists:uOndansetron,ugranisetron
Dopamineuantagonists:uProchlorperazine,umetoclopramide,upromethazine
Cannabinoids:uDronabinol
Anticholinergics:uScopolamine
Antihistamines:uDimenhydrinate,uhydroxyzine
Benzodiazepines:uLorazepam