PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED
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1) ________ can be used adjunctively to treat withdrawal seizures. -
ANSWER morphine or methadone
Phenobarbital
2) Which Neonatal withdrawal syndromes may present weeks after birth?
Name the drug. - ANSWER Methadone
3) _________ is a safe and effective second-line treatment of symptoms
refractory to opioid therapy in newborns - ANSWER Clonidine
4) The patient must first be detoxified from opioid dependence before
starting _______
5) Long acting opioids, such as methadone, require at least how many hours
since last use before initiating buprenorphine?
,6) Short acting opioids (for example, heroin) require approximately ____
hours since last use for sufficient withdrawal to occur in order to safely
initiate treatment. - ANSWER naltrexone.
7) Patients with _______ _________ syndrome often present with
abdominal pain and nausea, which may be refractory to standard
antiemetics - ANSWER cannabis hyperemesis
8) _______ should be used empirically, which can be switched to _______ if
MRSA infection is confirmed. - ANSWER right
Vancomycin; nafcillin
9) Marijuana use can be detected in the urine up to ___days after exposure
for infrequent users and up to ____ days for chronic or heavy users. -
ANSWER 5
15
10) The _______ _______ is involved in the sense of reward from
cocaine use. - ANSWER nucleus accumbens
11) Symptomatic treatment in opioid withdrawal includes:
- ________ for diarrhea
- ______ for nausea and vomiting
- ________for myalgia - ANSWER loperamide
Promethazine
Ibuprofen
12) Holiday heart syndrome is a syndrome caused by excessive ______
use. Excessive alcohol use results in gross and microscopic cardiac
changes leading to an atrial _______ - ANSWER alcohol
Arrhythmia.
,13) Aerosolized glycerol and propylene glycol, chemicals found in
vape pens have been associated with focal _______ _______ of the upper
airways - ANSWER squamous metaplasia
14) Substance use disorder refers to the excessive use of drugs that
tend to activate which of the following portions of the brain? -
ANSWER Brain reward system
15) The main job of the________ system is to help us avoid
harmful/painful experiences and to makes us feel good when we engage
in behaviors necessary for our survival - ANSWER LIMBIC
REWARD
Reward
16) A 22-year-old woman is brought into the emergency department by
EMS with a blood pressure of 180/102 mmhg and heart rate of 110/min.
She is agitated and appears to have paranoid delusions of people chasing
her. Her behavior is hypersexual, and her speech is incoherent.
Psychomotor agitation is present. Which of the following substances is
most likely to cause the patient's presentation? - ANSWER
Methamphetamine
17) _________ therapy- patients with depression.
________ therapy- employed in SUD.
__________ therapy- patients with bip and SUD
________ ________- PTSD & SUD - ANSWER Interpersonal
Supportive
Integrated
Seeking safety
18) Cocaine blocks the reuptake of what 3 NT? - ANSWER
dopamine, NE, and serotonin at the synapse.
, 19) The vasoconstriction experienced while on cocaine is caused by
what NT? - ANSWER increase in NE
20) What 3 receptor stimulation nts are increased: Out of the 3 which
one leads to lethargy and coma - ANSWER Dopamine & NE,
serotonin
Acetylcholine, GABA, Sigma
Sigma
21) The inhibitory reuptake of dopamine and NE while someone is on
PCP leads to: - ANSWER HTN/tachy
Agitation
Bronchodilation
22) Relapse is most likely to occur at the _______stages of recovery. -
ANSWER early
23) What happens when one person enables another person's
addictions? - ANSWER Co-dependency
24) The comorbidity of personality disorders with panic disorder is
strongly associated with _______ attempts - ANSWER suicide
25) Serotonin syndrome is caused by toxic levels of serotonin. It
presents with: SHIVERS
- _________
- Hyperreflexia/clonus
- Increase temp
- Vital signs (HTN/HR)
- Encephalopathy (______)
- _________
- S___________