TCDHA PHARM EXAM SCRIPT 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GUARANTEED PASS
●● Tramadol (Ultram)
Answer: An orally administered nonopioid with weak analgesic activity
●● naloxone (Narcan)
Answer: block the therapeutic and toxic actions of opioids
●● pentazocine (Talwin)
Answer: The only mixed opioid available for oral use. most likely to
produce dysphoric reaction
●● Fentanyl Family
Answer: short-acting, parenterally administered agonist opioid analgesic
that is used perioperatively or during general anesthesia
●● what opoid is primarily to treat any opioid addicts (eg. Heroin
addicts)
Answer: Methadone
,●● Codeine
Answer: Most commonly used opioid in dentistry and is often combined
with acetaminophen (Tylenol #3) for oral administration
●● A patient with a true allergy to codeine should NOT be given an
analgesic in that group. this includes
Answer: oxycodone, hydromorphone, hydrocodone, and dihydrocodone.
●● Treatment for overdose
Answer: naloxone
●● what should be used to control dental pain in addicts?
Answer: NSAIDs
●● what is an advantage of NSAIDs
Answer: not addictive, tollerance does not develop, no withdrawal
syndrome.
●● an addict will develop tolerance to the effect of opioids, except?
Answer: Miosis and constipation
●● Use of opioids is NOT contraindicated in
Answer: hypertensive pts
, ●● cause of death with overdose?
Answer: Respiratory depression
●● Combining an opioid with a nonopioid analgesic produces an
additive analgesic effect with fewer adverse reactions?
Answer: True
●● What do aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, and codeine have in
common?
Answer: analgesic
●● opoid agonist by which all others are measured?
Answer: Morphine
●● metabolized opioids and unchanged drug are excreted where?
Answer: urine
●● what is the duration of action for analgesia?
Answer: 4-6 hr
●● 3 groups of endogenous substances
Answer: enkephalins, endorphins, dynorphins
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GUARANTEED PASS
●● Tramadol (Ultram)
Answer: An orally administered nonopioid with weak analgesic activity
●● naloxone (Narcan)
Answer: block the therapeutic and toxic actions of opioids
●● pentazocine (Talwin)
Answer: The only mixed opioid available for oral use. most likely to
produce dysphoric reaction
●● Fentanyl Family
Answer: short-acting, parenterally administered agonist opioid analgesic
that is used perioperatively or during general anesthesia
●● what opoid is primarily to treat any opioid addicts (eg. Heroin
addicts)
Answer: Methadone
,●● Codeine
Answer: Most commonly used opioid in dentistry and is often combined
with acetaminophen (Tylenol #3) for oral administration
●● A patient with a true allergy to codeine should NOT be given an
analgesic in that group. this includes
Answer: oxycodone, hydromorphone, hydrocodone, and dihydrocodone.
●● Treatment for overdose
Answer: naloxone
●● what should be used to control dental pain in addicts?
Answer: NSAIDs
●● what is an advantage of NSAIDs
Answer: not addictive, tollerance does not develop, no withdrawal
syndrome.
●● an addict will develop tolerance to the effect of opioids, except?
Answer: Miosis and constipation
●● Use of opioids is NOT contraindicated in
Answer: hypertensive pts
, ●● cause of death with overdose?
Answer: Respiratory depression
●● Combining an opioid with a nonopioid analgesic produces an
additive analgesic effect with fewer adverse reactions?
Answer: True
●● What do aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, and codeine have in
common?
Answer: analgesic
●● opoid agonist by which all others are measured?
Answer: Morphine
●● metabolized opioids and unchanged drug are excreted where?
Answer: urine
●● what is the duration of action for analgesia?
Answer: 4-6 hr
●● 3 groups of endogenous substances
Answer: enkephalins, endorphins, dynorphins
