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Phenobarbital is classified in which schedule? - answer Schedule
IV
Prescriptions in Schedule III and IV can be filled up to five times
and be made within 6months of original prescription.
Prescriptions may be in oral, written, or electronic form.
The nurse collects a patient's history of substance abuse on
admission to an inpatient rehabilitation facility. The patient
reports increasing the drug dose to get the same effect as when
they first started taking the drug. The patient is experiencing
which condition? - answer Tolerance
As tolerance increases, larger and larger doses are needed to elicit
desired effects.
Addiction is a chronic, relapsing brain disease characterized by
compulsive drug seeking and use despite harmful consquences.
, Cross dependence refers to the ability of one drug to support
physical dependence on another drug.
Physical dependence can be defined as a state in which an
abstinence syndrome will occur if drug use is discontinued.
Which government agency is responsible for enforcing the
mandates of Controlled Substances Act of 1970? - answer U.S.
Drug Enforcement Administration
The nurse if reviewing treatment plans for patients who have
substance use disorder. Which patient behavior indicates that the
ideal goal of addiction treatment has been met? - answer The
patient totally abstains from alcohol.
The nurse teaches a patient to take acamprosate in which
manner? - answer With meals
Take the medication three times daily with meals. Acamprosate
reduces the unpleasant feeling associated with withdrawal.
The term freebasing cocaine indicates the use of cocain through
which route? - answer Smoking