CARN test practice question with
answers
Anesthesiologists are most likely to abuse this drug - -Fentanyl
-_____________ is a phenomenon whereby perior intermittent (rather than
continuous) exposure to the drug results in an enhanced response to later exposure
- -Sensitization
-________________ withdrawal symptoms include increased appetite, decreased heart
rate, insomnia and depressed mood. - -Nicotine
-__________ is a medication used to treat alcohol and opioid dependence decrease
dependence by decreasing physiological response to alcohol and opioids. - -
Naltrexone
-_____________ is a medications that is a potent full agonist at opioid receptors used
in MAT for opioids. - -Methadone
-Schizophrenia is a disease process which is characterized by ___________
vulnerability model. - -stress
-Tricyclic antidepressants may cause sedation, flattened ___ waves on EKG and
__________ retention. - -T
Urinary
-Inhibitory effect of alcohol are related to decreasing effects of __________. - -
glutamate
-Pathophysiology of schizophrenia is due to excess of ___________. - -dopamine.
-Large _________ discrepancy does not increase risk of divorce. - -age
-Anti- ____________ effects accounts for the major toxicity of tricyclics. - -cholinergic
-Methadone ____________ withdrawal syndromes may present weeks after birth. - -
neonatal
-Clozapine an atypical antipsychotic used in treatment of schizophrenia is a D____
receptor antagonist - -4
-_______________ is the medication of choice for the treatment of psychotic
symptoms in a patient wit delirium. - -Haloperidol
-The _______ ________ is the part of the brain that has been theorized to be involved
in obsessive compulsive disorder. - -Basal ganglia
, -Overwhelming natural disaster defined by he DSM-V is a __________ __________
stressor. - -catastrophic psychological
-5 Hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5HIAA) is a substance shown to be lower than average
in patients exhibiting __________ behavior. - -suicidal
-_________ nerve palsies is most common in alcoholic patients. - -Radial
-Out of the following medications: Sertraline, Venlafaxine, Buspiron and Bupropion,
the least effective in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder is what? - -
Bupropion
-Since MAOIs inhibit monoamine oxidase, they decrease the breakdown of tyramine
from ingested food, thus increasing the level of tyramine in the body. Excessive
tyramine can elevate blood pressure and cause a hypertensive crisis. Of the
following: Pickled fish, Phenylephrine, Chianti and Midazolam, a Hypertensive crises
may occur if used except with the use of which of the four? - -Midazolam
-What percent of patients with untreated major depression commit suicide? - -15
-Abuse of alcohol is the most common cause of __________ disease of the US. - -
cerebellar
-____________ intoxication can cause muscle rigidity, increase deep tendon reflexes,
increase salivation and nystagmus, hypertension and catatonic display. - -PCP
-____________ is an illicit drug that is associated with seizures and hypertension. - -
Amphetamine
-_____________ use effects GABA neurons, higher incidences in men than in woman
and is the most commonly used illicit substance in the US. - -Marijuana.
-Methadone is metabolized in the ________ - -liver
-_____________ is a disorder in which patients feel sick with every office visit. - -
Somatization
-_________ or Antabuse is an alcohol antagonist drug. - -Disulfiram
-_____________ is a sedative drug that can interact with disulfiram. - -Diazepam
-A heroin addict buys a synthetic opioid contaminated with 1-metehyl-4-phenyl-
1,2,3,6 tetraydropyridine (MPTP) and develops irreversible neurological damage by
destroying dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of the brain resulting in
this neurological disease. - -Parkinson disease
-_____________ ____________Toxicity Criteria, which require the presence of one of the
following classical features or groups of features: spontaneous clonus; inducible
clonus with agitation or diaphoresis; ocular clonus with agitation or diaphoresis;
answers
Anesthesiologists are most likely to abuse this drug - -Fentanyl
-_____________ is a phenomenon whereby perior intermittent (rather than
continuous) exposure to the drug results in an enhanced response to later exposure
- -Sensitization
-________________ withdrawal symptoms include increased appetite, decreased heart
rate, insomnia and depressed mood. - -Nicotine
-__________ is a medication used to treat alcohol and opioid dependence decrease
dependence by decreasing physiological response to alcohol and opioids. - -
Naltrexone
-_____________ is a medications that is a potent full agonist at opioid receptors used
in MAT for opioids. - -Methadone
-Schizophrenia is a disease process which is characterized by ___________
vulnerability model. - -stress
-Tricyclic antidepressants may cause sedation, flattened ___ waves on EKG and
__________ retention. - -T
Urinary
-Inhibitory effect of alcohol are related to decreasing effects of __________. - -
glutamate
-Pathophysiology of schizophrenia is due to excess of ___________. - -dopamine.
-Large _________ discrepancy does not increase risk of divorce. - -age
-Anti- ____________ effects accounts for the major toxicity of tricyclics. - -cholinergic
-Methadone ____________ withdrawal syndromes may present weeks after birth. - -
neonatal
-Clozapine an atypical antipsychotic used in treatment of schizophrenia is a D____
receptor antagonist - -4
-_______________ is the medication of choice for the treatment of psychotic
symptoms in a patient wit delirium. - -Haloperidol
-The _______ ________ is the part of the brain that has been theorized to be involved
in obsessive compulsive disorder. - -Basal ganglia
, -Overwhelming natural disaster defined by he DSM-V is a __________ __________
stressor. - -catastrophic psychological
-5 Hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5HIAA) is a substance shown to be lower than average
in patients exhibiting __________ behavior. - -suicidal
-_________ nerve palsies is most common in alcoholic patients. - -Radial
-Out of the following medications: Sertraline, Venlafaxine, Buspiron and Bupropion,
the least effective in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder is what? - -
Bupropion
-Since MAOIs inhibit monoamine oxidase, they decrease the breakdown of tyramine
from ingested food, thus increasing the level of tyramine in the body. Excessive
tyramine can elevate blood pressure and cause a hypertensive crisis. Of the
following: Pickled fish, Phenylephrine, Chianti and Midazolam, a Hypertensive crises
may occur if used except with the use of which of the four? - -Midazolam
-What percent of patients with untreated major depression commit suicide? - -15
-Abuse of alcohol is the most common cause of __________ disease of the US. - -
cerebellar
-____________ intoxication can cause muscle rigidity, increase deep tendon reflexes,
increase salivation and nystagmus, hypertension and catatonic display. - -PCP
-____________ is an illicit drug that is associated with seizures and hypertension. - -
Amphetamine
-_____________ use effects GABA neurons, higher incidences in men than in woman
and is the most commonly used illicit substance in the US. - -Marijuana.
-Methadone is metabolized in the ________ - -liver
-_____________ is a disorder in which patients feel sick with every office visit. - -
Somatization
-_________ or Antabuse is an alcohol antagonist drug. - -Disulfiram
-_____________ is a sedative drug that can interact with disulfiram. - -Diazepam
-A heroin addict buys a synthetic opioid contaminated with 1-metehyl-4-phenyl-
1,2,3,6 tetraydropyridine (MPTP) and develops irreversible neurological damage by
destroying dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of the brain resulting in
this neurological disease. - -Parkinson disease
-_____________ ____________Toxicity Criteria, which require the presence of one of the
following classical features or groups of features: spontaneous clonus; inducible
clonus with agitation or diaphoresis; ocular clonus with agitation or diaphoresis;