HTHRHSC 4370 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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1. Harm Reduction Definition Policies, programs, and practices that aim to minimize
neg-
ative health, social and academic impacts associated
with problem behaviors and campus policies
2. 4 Principles of Harm Reduction -Respect the rights of people who use drugs
-Utilize evidence-based practices
-Ground your work in Social Justice
-Avoid further stigmatization of drug users
3. What harm reduction looks 1. Filling gaps in services
like on campus
2. Meeting them where they are
3. Reducing stigma
4. Continuum of Services centers on harm reduction
-promotion
-prevention
-intervention
-change maintenance
-change stabilization
5. How does naloxone work? Naloxone has a stronger aflnity to opioid receptors,
thereby
knocking them ott for a short amount of time (30-90 min-
utes), allowing the person to breathe again and
reverse the overdose
6. If someone is not suffering Yes, whether or not an overdose was done
intentionally
from an unintentional overdose, or unintentionally, it still has the same ettect on the
brain
could you still safely and therefore can be "treated" in the same
administer naloxone? manner with naloxone.
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, HTHRHSC 4370 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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7. Fentanyl & its deets Synthetic opioid that is 100x stronger than morphine
-used in treatment of severe pain
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-illicitly manufactured is the main cause behind recent
in- creased in opioid overdose deaths
8. Policy changes related to -Decriminalization of fentanyl test strips
harm reduction -Ohio's Good Samaritan Law
-Ohio State's Amnesty Policy
-FDA approves over the counter sale of naloxone
9. Logic model of lower prices lead Lower prices lead to lower revenue, lower
revenue means
to lower revenue less investment in research and development, which in the
ends supplies us with less innovation
10. Benefits of competition in -Encourages research and development investments
phar- ma profits where market size and potential return of investment
are greatest
11. Benefits of innovation in
phar- ma profits Benefits from innovation stem from patent policy and mar-
12. What costs are recouped in keting exclusivity to new drug products
the drug pricing?
"High fixed cost, low marginal cost industry"
-cost of bringing a new drug to market is high & process
is very risky
-cost of producing an extra "unit" is very low ("pennies a
pill")
-costs must recover R&D costs and encourage future invest-
ments in innovation
13. Why the need for patent protec- Costs of imitation are often low
tion? -non-developers can make copies easily at low cost
-prevents the big investors from recouping their
investments as competition will drive prices down to
the cost of produc- tion
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ANSWERS
1. Harm Reduction Definition Policies, programs, and practices that aim to minimize
neg-
ative health, social and academic impacts associated
with problem behaviors and campus policies
2. 4 Principles of Harm Reduction -Respect the rights of people who use drugs
-Utilize evidence-based practices
-Ground your work in Social Justice
-Avoid further stigmatization of drug users
3. What harm reduction looks 1. Filling gaps in services
like on campus
2. Meeting them where they are
3. Reducing stigma
4. Continuum of Services centers on harm reduction
-promotion
-prevention
-intervention
-change maintenance
-change stabilization
5. How does naloxone work? Naloxone has a stronger aflnity to opioid receptors,
thereby
knocking them ott for a short amount of time (30-90 min-
utes), allowing the person to breathe again and
reverse the overdose
6. If someone is not suffering Yes, whether or not an overdose was done
intentionally
from an unintentional overdose, or unintentionally, it still has the same ettect on the
brain
could you still safely and therefore can be "treated" in the same
administer naloxone? manner with naloxone.
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23
, HTHRHSC 4370 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
7. Fentanyl & its deets Synthetic opioid that is 100x stronger than morphine
-used in treatment of severe pain
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, HTHRHSC 4370 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
-illicitly manufactured is the main cause behind recent
in- creased in opioid overdose deaths
8. Policy changes related to -Decriminalization of fentanyl test strips
harm reduction -Ohio's Good Samaritan Law
-Ohio State's Amnesty Policy
-FDA approves over the counter sale of naloxone
9. Logic model of lower prices lead Lower prices lead to lower revenue, lower
revenue means
to lower revenue less investment in research and development, which in the
ends supplies us with less innovation
10. Benefits of competition in -Encourages research and development investments
phar- ma profits where market size and potential return of investment
are greatest
11. Benefits of innovation in
phar- ma profits Benefits from innovation stem from patent policy and mar-
12. What costs are recouped in keting exclusivity to new drug products
the drug pricing?
"High fixed cost, low marginal cost industry"
-cost of bringing a new drug to market is high & process
is very risky
-cost of producing an extra "unit" is very low ("pennies a
pill")
-costs must recover R&D costs and encourage future invest-
ments in innovation
13. Why the need for patent protec- Costs of imitation are often low
tion? -non-developers can make copies easily at low cost
-prevents the big investors from recouping their
investments as competition will drive prices down to
the cost of produc- tion
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