Exam 5: Narcotics: Opium, Heroin, and Synthetic Opiates

Laudanum is a form of opium that was typically smoked.

In recent years,a sustained-release version of buprenorphine administered by injection was developed,and now heroin abusers in treatment need to visit a physician's office only on a monthly basis

Methadone fails to __________.

Intestinal spasms following the taking of opioid medications are due to __________.

The brain produces its own "opioid-like" substances called endorphins.

Most of the symptoms of heroin withdrawal are gone in __________.

Long-term constipation is an effect of heroin use.

Mild psychological disturbances and blood pressure and heart rate elevation can be observed up to _________ after stopping heroin use.

By virtue of its structural features allowing it to fit into endorphin receptor sites,______ has the ability to "undo" the acute effects of opioids like heroin.

Judging from information obtained in surveys,the dominant abused prescription pain relieving medication is ______

Which effect of heroin is the least likely to show tolerance?

The term "narcotic" comes from the Greek word meaning __________.

Opium during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century was brought into China chiefly by __________.

The acceptable form of taking Sydenham's Laudanum in America and Europe was by smoking the opium.

Sydenham's Laudanum contained opium.

Men outnumbered women in opium use in the nineteenth century by a ratio of three to one.

The original provision of the Harrison Act of 1914 was to require the registration of prescribed opioids,not to ban them.

Which statement concerning opium use in the nineteenth century is NOT true?

Some individuals have avoided injecting heroin only because __________. Ed: It seems as though C must also be true.

Few heroin-related deaths are attributed to the chronic effects of heroin alone.