Deck 37: Drugs and Substance Abuse, Addiction, and Treatment

Question 1

Of the following drugs, the most severe and life-threatening withdrawal is from:

A) Benzodiazapines
B) Opiates
C) Barbiturates
D) Ethanol
E) Hallucinogens

Answer 1

Ethanol

Question 2

Methadone maintenance therapy:

A) Also assists with benzodiazapine addictions
B) Blocks the ability to screen for other opiates
C) Does not directly stimulate mu-opioid receptors
D) Does not have any analgesic effect
E) Is a therapeutic regimen that cannot be abused

Answer 2

Blocks the ability to screen for other opiates

Question 3

The pharmacologic basis for varenicline is:

A) Decreased activity in the mesolimbic dopamine pathways
B) Increased norepinephrine synaptic density
C) Partial agonist of nicotinic receptors
D) Reverses carcinogenic effects of smoking history

Answer 3

Partial agonist of nicotinic receptors