Pharmacology N140 Test Bank Questions with Correct Answers|100% Verified
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Pharmacology N140 Test Bank Questions
with Correct Answers|100% Verified
A patient was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last month, and has complained of a dull ache in the
abdomen for the past 4 months. This pain has been gradually increasing, and the pain relievers taken at
home are no longer...
Opioid tolerance is a common physiologic result of long-term opioid use. Patients with opioid tolerance
require larger doses of the opioid agent to maintain the same level of analgesia. This situation does not
describe toxicity (overdose), addiction, or abstinence syndrome (withdrawal).
A 38-year-old man has come into the urgent care center with severe hip pain after falling from a ladder
at work. He says he has taken several pain pills over the past few hours but cannot remember how many
he has taken. He hands the nurse an empty bottle of acetaminophen (Tylenol). The nurse is aware that
the most serious toxic effect of acute acetaminophen overdose is which condition?
a. Tachycardia
b. Central nervous system depression
c. Hepatic necrosis
d. Nephropathy - Answer✔✔-C
Hepatic necrosis is the most serious acute toxic effect of an acute overdose of acetaminophen. The other
options are incorrect.
A 57-year-old woman being treated for end-stage breast cancer has been using a transdermal opioid
analgesic as part of the management of pain. Lately, she has been experiencing breakthrough pain. The
nurse expects this type of pain to be managed by which of these interventions?
a. Administering NSAIDs
b. Administering an immediate-release opioid
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