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Create a detailed, educational illustration of a healthcare professional consulting with a patient about pain management using opioids, depicting various medications and treatment options in a clinical setting.

Opioid Pain Management Quiz

Test your knowledge on opioid therapy and pain management with this engaging quiz! Designed for healthcare professionals and students, this quiz will challenge your understanding of opioid use, dosages, side effects, and adjuvant medications.

Prepare to dive into critical concepts related to:
- Methadone therapy
- Effective adjuvants for pain management
- Appropriate dosing and breakthrough pain protocols
- Managing common side effects of opioids

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All of the following are Disadvantages (Challenges) of using Methadone are true except:

Wide, unpredictable variable interpatient pharmacokinetics.

Potency ratio changes with higher doses.

Deposition in tissues can occur as a result of the dissociation between half-life and analgesic duration and poses the risk of delayed toxicity.

Risk of respiratory depression, greatest at the start of therapy.

None of the above are true.

When bone pain occurs, which of the following may be an effective adjuvant to morphine?

Ibuprofen

Acetaminophen

Amitriptyline

Mexilitine

When titrating morphine, the most appropriate oral breakthrough dosage for a patient receiving a baseline dosage of 30 mg by mouth every 4 hours is

2 mg to 5 mg

10 mg to 15 mg

20 mg to 39 mg

1 mg to 3 mg

When pain related to nerve damage occurs, which of the following may be an effective adjuvant to morphine?

Nortriptyline

Scopolamine

Ranitidine

Naproxen

N the ICU the use of morphine or other opioids appropriate for treating moderate-to-severe pain is often withheld during the last few weeks or days of the patient’s life because of fear of the risk of?

Addiction

tolerance

Respiratory depression

Constipation.

When the common side effect of constipation occurs as a result of opioid therapy, an appropriate first step is?

Digital disimpaction

Soap-suds enema

Trial of docusate

Asking the patient about previous laxative use.

Most terminally ill patients on opioid therapy require individually titrated dosages of potent bowel stimulants such as?

Senna

Sorbitol

Psyllium

Docusate.

When a home hospice patient can no longer swallow, which of the following is a preferred alternative route of opioid administration?

Sublingual

Intravenous

Intramuscular

Epidural

When treating pain caused by increased intracranial pressure, an effective adjuvant to morphine would be

Strontium 89

Acetaminophen

Dexamethasone

Hydromorphone

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Opioid Pain Management Quiz

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