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Opioid Analgesics MCQs: practice questions
Sample Opioid Analgesics multiple-choice questions from Analgesics, Anesthesia & Inflammation.
Which opioid can cause severe restlessness, excitement, and fever when combined with MAO inhibitors?
- A. Morphine
- B. Meperidine
- C. Fentanyl
- D. Codeine
- E. Buprenorphine
Which opioid is commonly used for maintenance therapy in heroin dependence?
- A. Naloxone
- B. Methadone
- C. Naltrexone only
- D. Fentanyl
- E. Codeine
Which drug suppresses autonomic components of opioid withdrawal?
- A. Naloxone
- B. Naltrexone
- C. Fentanyl
- D. Clonidine
- E. Morphine
Which drugs are partial opioid agonists commonly used for moderate pain?
- A. Naloxone, naltrexone, and methadone
- B. Morphine, fentanyl, and naloxone
- C. Buprenorphine, naloxone, and naltrexone
- D. Codeine, oxycodone, and hydrocodone
- E. Clonidine, methadone, and naloxone
Which opioid is associated with mydriasis and tachycardia because of weak anticholinergic activity?
- A. Morphine
- B. Fentanyl
- C. Meperidine
- D. Methadone
- E. Hydromorphone
Which intervention is essential in severe opioid respiratory depression?
Which mixed agonist-antagonist is a κ agonist with partial μ agonist or antagonist activity?
Which opioid effect can result from vasomotor-center inhibition and histamine release?
Which opioid is the prototype strong agonist?
Why is buprenorphine less easily reversed by naloxone than most opioids?
Which opioid receptor contributes most to supraspinal and spinal analgesia?
What is the most immediately life-threatening effect of severe opioid overdose?
Which opioid is administered orally and has a longer duration than morphine?
Which opioid is particularly useful for heroin detoxification because of slow μ-receptor dissociation and long duration?
Which mixed opioid agonist-antagonist does not increase cardiac preload and therefore may be used for pain in myocardial infarction?
Which opioid effect develops little clinically significant tolerance?
Which opioid effect is mediated primarily through μ-receptor activation?
Which opioid is used as a primary anesthetic in cardiovascular surgery because of minimal cardiac depression?
Why do opioids cause constipation?
Why are opioids contraindicated in patients with markedly reduced respiratory reserve?
Which opioid is used to treat dyspnea?
Which opioid receptor effect produces pinpoint pupils?
Which opioid is associated with seizures from accumulation of normeperidine?
Which opioid antagonist is used to reverse acute opioid overdose?
Which weak opioid is associated with seizures in overdose?
Which opioid is commonly used as a preanesthetic because of its relatively short duration compared with morphine?
Which opioid antagonist is used for maintenance treatment of opioid dependence?
Why should opioids be avoided in patients with head injury?
Which opioid is a partial μ agonist and κ antagonist?
Which opioid is used for regional epidural or intrathecal analgesia?