Exam 5: Opioids: Opium, Heroin, and Opioid Pain Medications

Loperamide (brand name: Imodium), which is available on an over-the-counter basis, does not produce any psychoactive effects if/because __________.

Needles are avoided in which route of administration?

Heroin is _____ times stronger than morphine

Long-term constipation is an effect of heroin use.

At high doses of heroin, _______ is a major risk factor that can result in death.

In the 1500s, a medicinal drink was introduced containing opium, wine, and an assortment of spices. This drink became known as __________.

According to the Zinberg study, many chippers __________.

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

Methadone is taken ______ and LAAM is taken ______.

The advantage of morphine over opium in the nineteenth century was that it __________.

The most pronounced levels of tolerance to heroin can be observed in the degree of __________.

An early Greek physician named Claudius Galen __________.

Discuss Zinberg's study of heroin chipping and studies since then that shed light upon the dependence-producing potential of heroin.

In terms of their psychoactive properties, narcotics include which of the following drug(s)?

Sydenham's Laudanum contained opium.

The abuse potential for buprenorphine is minimized when it is combined with __________.

Which of the following is NOT true regarding OxyNEO?

Distinguish between the three main classes of narcotic drugs: opium and its natural components, opioid-derivatives, and synthetic opioids. Give two examples of each category.

Heroin withdrawal is generally life-threatening __________.

Opium smoking was invented by __________.