Naloxone training

Question 1

Naloxone can be used for Opioid use disorder!!

Question 2

Drug overdose is now the leading cause of death among Americans under 50 years old

Question 3

____________:Decreased Receptor Sensitivity to Opioids Over Time;Repeated exposure to opioids (for any reason)
desensitizes opioid receptors and results in
down- regulation;

It will now take more opioid to cause the same effect

Answer 3

Tolerance

Question 4

___________________:When opioid receptors are not exposed to
opioids for any period of time, the receptors
return to baseline. **It will now take less opioid to cause the same
effect.If the same amount of opioid is given, it will
cause a stronger reaction which cause an overdose

Answer 4

Decreased Tolerance

Question 5

If someone hasn’t used opioids used for a while and they have been on rehabilitation and they have been in the prison system or weren’t able to get medication or the drug then they had decreased tolerance they need to use less if they are going back to using

Question 6

__________________ is when the body requires a specific dose of a drug in
order to prevent withdrawal symptoms.

Answer 6

Physical
dependence

Question 7

Physical Dependence does NOT equal addiction!

Question 8

Withdrawal is painful for a patient and creates a huge to keep using because withdrawal is painful for a patient

Question 9

How do people move from use of prescription opioids to
heroin? ___________________

Answer 9

afraid of going into withdrawal

Question 10

What percent of people are at risk for developing an OUD with
exposure to opioids? 3% to 19% develop opioid use disorder

Question 11

People misusing prescription opioids might try to switch from prescription opioids to heroin because its easier to get and this indicates the disease is getting more dangerous

Question 12

about 45% of people who use heroin started with misuse of prescription opioids some people just develop opioid use disorder by just starting heroin…there is no one set path

Question 13

___________is a chronic and reoccurring condition characterized by a change in
the structure and function of the brain

Answer 13

Severe OUD

Question 14

The evidence-based treatment of OUD is multifaceted and often includes pharmaceutical treatment, such as methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone

Question 15

You can’t use naloxone on yourself so someone would have to use it because your unconsciousness

Question 16

An _____________ occurs when a toxic amount of a drug or a toxic combination of drugs overwhelms the body.

Answer 16

overdose

Question 17

Opioid overdose is characterized by inadequate _________(respiratory depression) and loss of _____________.
This leads to a lack of oxygen in the body which will lead to
death if no intervention is made

Answer 17

inaqeuate breathing and loss of consciousness

Question 18

Overdose can happen with Rx opioids or unregulated substances

The amount of drug needed to cause a breathing emergency is different from person to person!

Question 19

Overdose Risk Factors

There is an increased likelihood of overdose when any of the
following factors are present:
Decreased tolerance due __________
incarceration
detox

Prior nonfatal overdose
_____________ opioid prescription
Long-acting formulations
Using unregulated substances alone

Answer 19

abstinence

high dose

Question 20

Neurobiology of Addiction

Reward centers and mechanisms in the brain

Substances or activities that release dopamine in the
nucleus accumbens have been clearly linked to disordered
use

Downstream effects of euphoria and pleasure

Conditions the person to associate using the substance with
the euphoric and pleasurable sensations

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a _______ often _________
condition

Viewing OUD as a medical condition and providing
medications for the treatment of OUD, education, and
support have been shown to decrease the risk of accidental
overdose or relapse into opioid use

Answer 20

chronic

relapsing

Question 21

Narcan is difficult to get access in rural settings