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

Loperamide (brand name: Imodium), which is available on an over-the-counter basis, effectively controls __________.

Dextromethorphan is a nonaddictive, nonopioid drug, useful as a(n) __________.

Laudanum was very popular in Britain but largely unknown in the United States until about 1945.

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

New forms of heroin in the 1990s __________.

Order the major opioid products in opium from highest to lowest concentration.

"China White" is __________.

During the 1970s, the purity of imported heroin in Canada was about ____________ .

While opening the doors to a new population of heroin abusers, heroin smoking avoids the problem of __________.

Diarrhea is one of the symptoms of heroin consumption.

If you were to order the following from strongest to least strong, the order would be __________.

During the nineteenth century, children and infants were given medications containing opium.

In which year was the Opium and Drug Act enacted?

Heroin craving begins __________.

During the late 1800s, patterns of opium consumption in Canada __________.

If a heroin user takes his regular dose of heroin in an unfamiliar setting, the effect on the user may be different than if he took it in his regular setting.

OxyContin taken orally is just as powerful as OxyContin that is crushed into a powder and snorted.

Tolerance effects in a particular heroin reaction are __________.

Of the three major opium derivatives, the strongest effects are observed from the administration of __________.

For what reasons were opium-based patent medicines given to infants and children in Britain during the nineteenth century? Describe why these medicines would have been effective for these purposes.