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

Therapeutic communities treat the physical addiction to heroin and little else.

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

"Pinpoint pupils" is a term referring to __________.

Mainlining is a term that refers to snorting heroin.

A principal benefit from methadone maintenance has been __________.

Therapeutic communities tend to focus upon __________.

Analogy: Morphine is to naloxone as __________.

Today, the major supplier of heroin to Canada is __________.

Patent medicines in the nineteenth century, such as Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, were based upon __________.

The cough reflex centre is located in the __________.

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

The yellow California poppy does not have any psychoactive ingredients.

MPTP toxicity results from the destruction of neurons in the brain sensitive to __________.

Discuss the three principal medical applications of narcotic drugs today. Give examples where needed.

The importation of opium into China was __________.

One of the beneficial effects of narcotic drugs is in the treatment of __________.

Where are the morphine-sensitive receptors located in the body?

Most drug users obtain prescription painkillers for abuse through diversion.

During the mid-1980s, synthetic forms of heroin, such as the drug derived from fentanyl, began to appear on the streets.

The acute effects of heroin can be influenced by __________.