Addiction and drugs of Abuse quiz

Drug of abuse pharmacological knowledge test, Share your thoughts or discuss questions in comments.

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1. Psychologic dependence is:

Decreased responsiveness to a drug following repeated exposure

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A combination of certain drug-specific symptoms that occur on sudden discontinuation of a drug

Compulsive drug-seeking behavior

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2. Tolerance is associated with:

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Compensatory changes in receptors, effector enzymes, or membrane actions of the drug

Increased disposition of the drug after chronic use

An ability to compensate for the drug effect

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3. Addiction is associated with the existence of:

Physiological dependence

Psychological dependence

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Tolerance

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4. Substances causing narco- and glue sniffing are all of the following EXCEPT :

Antipsychotic drugs

Sedative Drugs

Psychedelics

Stimulants

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5. Which of the following abused drugs do not belong to sedative agents?

Cannabinoids

Barbiturates

Tranquilizers

Opioids

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6. Psychedelics are all of following agents EXCEPT:

Marijuana

Volatile substances (glues, solvents, volatile nitrites and nitrous oxide)

LSD

Cocaine

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7. In contrast to morphine, heroin is:

Used clinically

More addictive and fast-acting

Less potent and long-acting

More effective orally

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8. Symptoms of opioid withdrawal begin 8-10 hours after the last dose.

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True

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9. The acute course of opioid withdrawal may last:

26-30 weeks

3-4 weeks

3-4 days

7-10 days

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10. Indicate the sedative-hypnotic agent, which has the highest abuse potential:

Diazepam

Phenobarbital

Buspirone

Zolpidem

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11. Characteristics of barbiturate intoxication (2-3 dose) include all of the following EXCEPT:

Locomotive, speech excitation, sharp swings from a cheerful mood to an aggressive state

Pleasant feelings of the “blow” in the head, vertigo, myasthenia, stupor

Perceptual distortion of surroundings, disorders of thinking, behavior

Sleep with the subsequent weakness and headaches

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12. Barbiturate abstinent syndrome is shown by:

Anxiety, mydriasis, myasthenia, muscular convulsions, vomiting, diarrhea

Psychosis as delirium (color visual and auditory hallucinations)

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Crisis by 3 day of abstention

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13. Which one of the following tranquilizers belongs to strong euphorizing agents?

Diazepam

Mebicarum

Chlordiazepoxide

Buspirone

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14. Tranquilizers intoxication (5-10 tablets) features include:

Synaesthesia (the sounds can be tensed, the colors can be heard)

Euphoria, burst of energy, increase in motor activity, wave warmth all over the body

Physical bliss, body lightness, a wish to fly, motionlessness

Visual hallucinations, a distorted feelling of time and space

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15. Which of the following abused drugs is related to stimulants?

Cocaine

Caffeine

Amphetamine

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16. Cocaine exerts its central action by:

Increasing a release of catecholaminergic neurotransmitters, including dopamine

Altering serotonin turnover

Inhibiting phosphodiesterase

Inhibiting dopamine and norepinephrine reuptake

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17. “Crack” is a derivative of:

Opium

Cannabis

LSD

Cocaine

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18. Cocaine intoxication appears by:

Short clouding of consciousness, lightness of body and a feeling of flight

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Clear consciousness, improved mood, influx of physical and spiritual forces, locomotive and speech excitation, reappraisal of personality

Wave warmth all over the body, physical bliss, motionlessness

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19. Which of the following stimulants is related to psychedelics?

Caffeine

“ecstasy” (methylenedioxymethamphetamine)

Cocaine

“crack” (cocaine free base)

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20. Cocaine may cause:

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Powerful vasoconstrictive reactions resulting in myocardial infarctions

Spontaneous abortion during pregnancy

The multiple brain perfusion defects

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21. Characteristics of cocaine abstinent syndrome include all of the following phases EXCEPT:

Psychosis as color visual and auditory hallucinations (for 3 day)

Depression, apathy, excessive appetite, a wish to sleep (the subsequent 1-2 days)

Feeling of depression, irritability, confusion, insomnia (the first 3 days)

New attack of depression, anxiety, irritability, dullness, intense thirst for cocaine (after 1-5 days improvement)

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22. Overdoses of cocaine are usually rapidly fatal from:

Respiratory depression

Seizures

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Arrhythmias

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23. Which of the following agents is related to hallucinogens?

Cocaine

LSD

Opium

Heroin

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24. LSD produces:

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Impaired memory, difficulty in thinking, poor judgment

Mood swings

Perceptual distortion

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25. LSD decreases in brain:

D2 receptor densities

5-HT2 receptor densities

GABAA-benzodiazepine receptor densities

Adrenergic receptor densities

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26. Which of the following agents is related to cannabis?

Hashish

Heroin

Ecstasy

Crack

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27. The early stage of cannabis intoxication is characterized by:

Alteration of time sense, depersonalization

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Euphoria, uncontrolled laugher

Sharpened vision

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28. Which of the following physiologic signs is a characteristic of cannabis intoxication?

Miosis

Nausea and vomiting

Reddening of the conjunctiva

Bradycardia

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29. Industrial solvent inhalation causes:

Disorientation, slow passage of time and possible hallucinations

Quick intoxication, lasting only 5-15 minutes

Euphoria, relaxed “drunk” feeling

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30. Indicate the drugs of choice for reversing the withdrawal syndrome:

Benzodiazepines

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Neuroleptics

Antidepressants

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