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Which stimulus causes the greatest levels of peak dopamine release in
the brain?
A. Tobacco
B. Sexual Stimulation
C. Morphine
D. Amphetamine – Correct Answer - D. Amphetamine
What category of meds are used to treat delirium tremens?
A. Buprenorphine
B. Barbiturates
C. Benzodiazepines
D. Benazepril – Correct Answer - C. Benzodiazepines
How long from the last drink do delirium tremens start?
A. 2-3 days
B. 1-4 days
C. 2-5 days
D. 2-4 days – Correct Answer - D. 2-4 days
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,What drug causes:
Euphoria or rage, reddish skin, dilated pupils, nystagmus, and excitation
A. Methamphetamines
B. Phencyclidine
C. Alcohol
D. Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) – Correct Answer - B.
Phencyclidine
How long must a person be abstinent from all opioids, including
buprenorphine, to get naltrexone?
A. 6-10 days
B. 5-14 days
C. 7-14 days
D. 5-10 days – Correct Answer - C. 7-14 days
How many drinks daily or weekly for men and women with heavy
alcohol use disorder?
A. Men >4 daily or >14 weekly, women >3 or >7 weekly
B. Men >5 daily or >15 weekly, women >4 or >8 weekly
C. Men >3 daily or >12 weekly, women >3 or >8 weekly
D. Men >4 daily or >16 weekly, women >4 or >7 weekly – Correct
Answer - A. Men >4 daily or >14 weekly, women >3 or >7 weekly
How many drinks in two hours counts as binge drinking for men and
women?
A. Men >4, women >3
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,B. Men >3, women >2
C. Men >6, women >4
D. Men >5, women >4 – Correct Answer - D. Men >5, women >4
What symptoms would a person have if they consumed alcohol while
taking disulfiram?
A. Nausea, vomiting, sweating, palpitations, and hypotension
B. Agitation, fever, seizures, tremors, confusion, delusions
C. Restlessness, craving, depression, confusion
D. Insomnia, restlessness, nausea, decreased appetite – Correct Answer -
A. Nausea, vomiting, sweating, palpitations, and hypotension
Dosing of disulfiram daily is:
A. 250-400mg
B. 250-500mg
C. 200-400mg
D. 200-450mg – Correct Answer - B. 250-500mg
How long after a patients' last drink can they start taking disulfiram?
A. 8 hours
B. 12 hours
C. 10 hours
D. 24 hours – Correct Answer - B. 12 hours
What does acamprosate (Campral) do?
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, A. Increased alcohol aversion
B. Reduces post-acute withdrawal symptoms
C. Causes nausea with alcohol symptoms
D. Decreases alcohol related sedation – Correct Answer - B. Reduces
post-acute withdrawal symptoms
Do not give acamprosate (Camprol) in what impairment?
A. Hepatic
B. Coronary
C. Renal
D. Endocrine – Correct Answer - C. Renal
If giving naltrexone orally daily for alcohol use disorder, what dose
should be used?
A. 60mg
B. 40mg
C. 25mg
D. 50mg – Correct Answer - D. 50mg
What drug does flumazenil reverse?
A. Benzodiazepines
B. Opiates
C. Methamphetamines
D. Barbiturates – Correct Answer - A. Benzodiazepines
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Which stimulus causes the greatest levels of peak dopamine release in
the brain?
A. Tobacco
B. Sexual Stimulation
C. Morphine
D. Amphetamine – Correct Answer - D. Amphetamine
What category of meds are used to treat delirium tremens?
A. Buprenorphine
B. Barbiturates
C. Benzodiazepines
D. Benazepril – Correct Answer - C. Benzodiazepines
How long from the last drink do delirium tremens start?
A. 2-3 days
B. 1-4 days
C. 2-5 days
D. 2-4 days – Correct Answer - D. 2-4 days
pg. 1
,What drug causes:
Euphoria or rage, reddish skin, dilated pupils, nystagmus, and excitation
A. Methamphetamines
B. Phencyclidine
C. Alcohol
D. Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) – Correct Answer - B.
Phencyclidine
How long must a person be abstinent from all opioids, including
buprenorphine, to get naltrexone?
A. 6-10 days
B. 5-14 days
C. 7-14 days
D. 5-10 days – Correct Answer - C. 7-14 days
How many drinks daily or weekly for men and women with heavy
alcohol use disorder?
A. Men >4 daily or >14 weekly, women >3 or >7 weekly
B. Men >5 daily or >15 weekly, women >4 or >8 weekly
C. Men >3 daily or >12 weekly, women >3 or >8 weekly
D. Men >4 daily or >16 weekly, women >4 or >7 weekly – Correct
Answer - A. Men >4 daily or >14 weekly, women >3 or >7 weekly
How many drinks in two hours counts as binge drinking for men and
women?
A. Men >4, women >3
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,B. Men >3, women >2
C. Men >6, women >4
D. Men >5, women >4 – Correct Answer - D. Men >5, women >4
What symptoms would a person have if they consumed alcohol while
taking disulfiram?
A. Nausea, vomiting, sweating, palpitations, and hypotension
B. Agitation, fever, seizures, tremors, confusion, delusions
C. Restlessness, craving, depression, confusion
D. Insomnia, restlessness, nausea, decreased appetite – Correct Answer -
A. Nausea, vomiting, sweating, palpitations, and hypotension
Dosing of disulfiram daily is:
A. 250-400mg
B. 250-500mg
C. 200-400mg
D. 200-450mg – Correct Answer - B. 250-500mg
How long after a patients' last drink can they start taking disulfiram?
A. 8 hours
B. 12 hours
C. 10 hours
D. 24 hours – Correct Answer - B. 12 hours
What does acamprosate (Campral) do?
pg. 3
, A. Increased alcohol aversion
B. Reduces post-acute withdrawal symptoms
C. Causes nausea with alcohol symptoms
D. Decreases alcohol related sedation – Correct Answer - B. Reduces
post-acute withdrawal symptoms
Do not give acamprosate (Camprol) in what impairment?
A. Hepatic
B. Coronary
C. Renal
D. Endocrine – Correct Answer - C. Renal
If giving naltrexone orally daily for alcohol use disorder, what dose
should be used?
A. 60mg
B. 40mg
C. 25mg
D. 50mg – Correct Answer - D. 50mg
What drug does flumazenil reverse?
A. Benzodiazepines
B. Opiates
C. Methamphetamines
D. Barbiturates – Correct Answer - A. Benzodiazepines
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