Thread: MCQs: Opioid Analgesics

MCQs: Opioid Analgesics

Question # 1 (Multiple Choice) Least addiction/abuse liability:

A) hydromorphone
B) oxycodone
C) nalbuphine
D) codeine
E) methadone

Question # 2 (Multiple Answer) Choose (the) pure narcotic antagonist(s):

A) pentazocine
B) naloxone
C) naltrexone
D) codeine
E) nallorphine

Question # 3 (Multiple Answer) Possible mechanisms responsible for opioid-mediated flushing and warming of the skin:

A) alpha1 receptor activation
B) histamine release
C) central effects
D) adenosine receptor blockade
E) inhibition of nitric oxide synthase

Question # 4 (Multiple Answer) Reverses opioid-mediated truncal rigidity:

A) IV fentanyl
B) naltrexone
C) succinylcholine
D) nalmefene
E) oxycodone

Question # 5 (True/False) relatively long-lasting narcotic antagonist

A) naloxone
B) nalmefene

Question # 6 (Multiple Answer) Rationale for I.V. morphine to manage dyspnea secondary to acute pulmonary edema:

A) reduce perception of shortness of breath
B) decrease preload
C) decreased afterload
D) decrease heart rate
E) increase ventilation rate

Question # 7 (Multiple Answer) Prescribed to manage diarrhea

A) alfentanil
B) difenoxin
C) loperamide
D) diphenoxylate
E) hydromorphone

Question # 8 (Multiple Choice) Pain most effectively relieved by opioid agonists:

A) severe, constant pain
B) intermittent sharp pain

Question # 9 (Multiple Choice) Most current opioid analgesics act at this opioid receptor subtype:

A) sigma
B) kappa
C) delta
D) epsilon
E) mu

Question # 10 (Multiple Answer) Pure narcotic antagonists:

A) nalbuphine
B) naltrexone
C) fentanyl
D) pentazocine
E) naloxone


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Correct Answers

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Question # 1 (Multiple Choice) Least addiction/abuse liability:

Answer: (C) nalbuphine

Question # 2 (Multiple Answer) Choose (the) pure narcotic antagonist(s):

(B) naloxone


(C) naltrexone



Question # 3 (Multiple Answer) Possible mechanisms responsible for opioid-mediated flushing and warming of the skin:

(B) histamine release


(C) central effects




Question # 4 (Multiple Answer) Reverses opioid-mediated truncal rigidity:

(B) naltrexone


(C) succinylcholine


(D) nalmefene



Question # 5 (True/False) relatively long-lasting narcotic antagonist

Answer: False


Question # 6 (Multiple Answer) Rationale for I.V. morphine to manage dyspnea secondary to acute pulmonary edema:

(A) reduce perception of shortness of breath


(B) decrease preload


(C) decreased afterload


Qestion # 7 (Multiple Answer) Prescribed to manage diarrhea

(B) difenoxin


(C) loperamide


(D) diphenoxylate


Question # 8 (Multiple Choice) Pain most effectively relieved by opioid agonists:

Answer: (A) severe, constant pain



Question # 9 (Multiple Choice) Most current opioid analgesics act at this opioid receptor subtype:

Answer: (E) mu


Question # 10 (Multiple Answer) Pure narcotic antagonists:

(B) naltrexone


(E) naloxone
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