CARN test UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
_____________ is a phenomenon whereby perior intermittent (rather than continuous) exposure
to the drug results in an enhanced response to later exposure - CORRECT
ANSWERS Sensitization
________________ withdrawal symptoms include increased appetite, decreased heart rate,
insomnia and depressed mood. - CORRECT ANSWERS Nicotine
__________ is a medication used to treat alcohol and opioid dependence decrease dependence
by decreasing physiological response to alcohol and opioids. - CORRECT
ANSWERS Naltrexone
_____________ is a medications that is a potent full agonist at opioid receptors used in MAT for
opioids. - CORRECT ANSWERS Methadone
Inhibitory effect of alcohol are related to decreasing effects of __________. - CORRECT
ANSWERS glutamate
Pathophysiology of schizophrenia is due to excess of ___________. - CORRECT
ANSWERS dopamine.
Methadone ____________ withdrawal syndromes may present weeks after birth. - CORRECT
ANSWERS neonatal
_______________ is the medication of choice for the treatment of psychotic symptoms in a
patient with delirium. - CORRECT ANSWERS Haloperidol
_________ nerve palsies is most common in alcoholic patients. - CORRECT
ANSWERS Radial
, What percent of patients with untreated major depression commit suicide? - CORRECT
ANSWERS 15
Abuse of alcohol is the most common cause of __________ disease of the US. - CORRECT
ANSWERS cerebellar
____________ intoxication can cause muscle rigidity, increase deep tendon reflexes, increase
salivation and nystagmus, hypertension and catatonic display. - CORRECT
ANSWERS PCP
____________ is an illicit drug that is associated with seizures and hypertension. - CORRECT
ANSWERS Amphetamine
_____________ use effects GABA neurons, higher incidences in men than in woman and is the
most commonly used illicit substance in the US. - CORRECT ANSWERS Marijuana.
Methadone is metabolized in the ________ - CORRECT ANSWERS liver
_________ or Antabuse is an alcohol antagonist drug. - CORRECT
ANSWERS Disulfiram
_____________ is a sedative drug that can interact with disulfiram. - CORRECT
ANSWERS 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. -
CORRECT ANSWERS Parkinson disease
and CORRECT Answers
_____________ is a phenomenon whereby perior intermittent (rather than continuous) exposure
to the drug results in an enhanced response to later exposure - CORRECT
ANSWERS Sensitization
________________ withdrawal symptoms include increased appetite, decreased heart rate,
insomnia and depressed mood. - CORRECT ANSWERS Nicotine
__________ is a medication used to treat alcohol and opioid dependence decrease dependence
by decreasing physiological response to alcohol and opioids. - CORRECT
ANSWERS Naltrexone
_____________ is a medications that is a potent full agonist at opioid receptors used in MAT for
opioids. - CORRECT ANSWERS Methadone
Inhibitory effect of alcohol are related to decreasing effects of __________. - CORRECT
ANSWERS glutamate
Pathophysiology of schizophrenia is due to excess of ___________. - CORRECT
ANSWERS dopamine.
Methadone ____________ withdrawal syndromes may present weeks after birth. - CORRECT
ANSWERS neonatal
_______________ is the medication of choice for the treatment of psychotic symptoms in a
patient with delirium. - CORRECT ANSWERS Haloperidol
_________ nerve palsies is most common in alcoholic patients. - CORRECT
ANSWERS Radial
, What percent of patients with untreated major depression commit suicide? - CORRECT
ANSWERS 15
Abuse of alcohol is the most common cause of __________ disease of the US. - CORRECT
ANSWERS cerebellar
____________ intoxication can cause muscle rigidity, increase deep tendon reflexes, increase
salivation and nystagmus, hypertension and catatonic display. - CORRECT
ANSWERS PCP
____________ is an illicit drug that is associated with seizures and hypertension. - CORRECT
ANSWERS Amphetamine
_____________ use effects GABA neurons, higher incidences in men than in woman and is the
most commonly used illicit substance in the US. - CORRECT ANSWERS Marijuana.
Methadone is metabolized in the ________ - CORRECT ANSWERS liver
_________ or Antabuse is an alcohol antagonist drug. - CORRECT
ANSWERS Disulfiram
_____________ is a sedative drug that can interact with disulfiram. - CORRECT
ANSWERS 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. -
CORRECT ANSWERS Parkinson disease
