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Published	09/29/2024	A 26-year-old woman, with a history of heroin use, is brought to the emergency room. She is unresponsive, has a shallow respiratory rate (5-6/min), an…
Published	09/29/2024	A 26-year-old male is brought to the emergency room after digesting a small peace (tab) of paper while at a party a few hours earlier. He now presents…
Published	09/29/2024	A 26-year-old male with a 2-pack per day cigarette habit wants to quit smoking but is having trouble. He is prescribed a drug that may decrease the de…
Published	09/29/2024	A 35-year-old man is taking a drug to "get-big" (increase muscle mass) and now presents to you at an infertility clinic because he and his wife cannot…
Published	09/29/2024	A 26-year-old male dies of a fatal arrhythmia while playing basketball after taking a drug that blocks catecholamine uptake into neurons.A. BupropionB…
Published	09/29/2024	With regard to schedule (levels) of controlled substances, which statement is most accurate?A. Drugs are scheduled (1-5) based on a political assessme…
Published	09/29/2024	Cocaine, heroine, ethanol, chocolate, and sex can all produce a similar effect on central "reward" neural pathways. Which of the following best descri…
Published	09/29/2024	Which statement is most accurate?A. Anyone taking drugs, either oral or IV, that was made by a high school dropout in a motor home parked in the woods…
Published	09/29/2024	A 26-year-old woman, with a history of continual heroin use, is brought to the emergency room. She is agitated, yawning, is nauseous, has muscle aches…
Published	09/29/2024	A 26-year-old male with a 2-pack per day cigarette habit wants to quit smoking but is having trouble. He is prescribed a drug that reduces symptoms of…
Published	09/29/2024	A 26-year-old man is brought to the emergency department in a delirious, combative state after smoking "freebase" cocaine. He is sweating profusely, h…
Published	09/29/2024	In regard to the schedules (levels) of controlled substances, which statement regarding Schedule five drugs is most accurate?A. Generally, schedule fi…
Published	09/29/2024	The political theory of "gateway drugs" is based on the concept that drugs that produce psychological dependence such as cocaine, heroine, and ethanol…
Published	09/29/2024	Choose the best statement from those below:A. Schedule 1drugs are most commonly prescribed by physiciansB. Schedule 4 and 5 drugs require a triplicate…
Published	09/29/2024	A 26-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after using cocaine for the first time. He is delirious, combative, sweating profusely, thras…
Published	09/29/2024	A 26-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after using cocaine for the first time. He is delirious, combative, sweating profusely, thras…
Published	09/29/2024	Which drug is matched correctly with the description?Drug DescriptionA. Bupropion :most common nicotine replacement therapyB. Clonidine :reduces sympt…
Published	09/29/2024	A 25-year-old man has been abusing amphetamine for several months. He as received his supply of amphetamine from the same individual. On a recent busi…
Published	09/29/2024	Why is methadone used as a replacement therapy for heroin detoxification?A. Methadone is an opioid antagonistB. Methadone is less addictingC. Methadon…
Published	09/29/2024	Which statement regarding illicit drug use is most correct?A. Serious neurotoxicity may result from drugs manufactured in someone's garageB. MDMA has …
Published	09/29/2024	Schedule I controlled substances are generally prescribed only by specialists.True False{{c1::False}}
Published	09/29/2024	An example of a schedule I controlled substance is LSD.TrueFalse{{c1::True}}
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