Exam 2 - 2011

Question 1

Lithium carbonate (Esklith)

A) can be used in combination with antipsychotic drug haloperidol (Haldol) for the treatment of acute mania

B) is effective in the prophylactic treatment of bipolar effective disorder, decreasing both the manic and the depressive phases

C) can be used in combonation with antiepileptic drug carbamazepine (tegretol) for the prophylactic treatment of bipolar affective disorder

D) has all of the above characteristics

Answer 1

D) has all the above characteristics

Question 2

True or False:

Repeated use of opioid antagonists causes tolerance and physical dependence

Answer 2

False:

opioid agonists

Question 3

True or False:

an opioid partial agonist is a drug that has an agonist effect on the K opioid receptors and an antagonists effect on the u opioid receptors?

Answer 3

False

Question 4

True of False:

Moderate opioid agonists have lower abuse potential than strong opioid agonists

Answer 4

True

Question 5

A drug that has a high potential for abuse, and no federally recognized medical use, is placed in which class of a controlled substances?

Answer 5

Class 1

Question 6

Fentanyl is which schedule prescription drug?

Answer 6

Schedule II