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This symptom RARELY occurs in patients who have been receiving stable doses of opioids over a period of months.
What is respiratory depression?
100
Injecting this substance by IV as a placebo to determine if pain is real is an unethical practice.
What is sterile water?
100
Motrin, Dilaudid, and Neurontin are all drugs used in this type of pain?
What is cancer pain?
100
This is the usual duration of analgesia of 1-2 mg morphine IV.
What is 3-4 hours?
100
Even if distracted for a time, patients can still be suffering from this condition.
What is pain?
200
Phenergan and Vistaril are NOT reliable at doing this when used with opiate analgesics?
What is potentiating or increasing effects of opiates?
200
It is a myth that opioids should NOT be used in patients with this medical history.
What is substance abuse?
200
For persistent cancer pain, this is the recommended route of opioid administration.
What is oral?
200
Vicodin (hydrocodone 5 mg + acetaminophen 300 mg) oral is equal to this range of mg of oral morphine?
What is 5-10?
200
Patients may exhibit this type of calm activity even while suffering from pain.
What is sleeping?
300
Sustained use of this drug can produce pain relief from neuropathic (nerve) pain.
What is Neurontin (gabapentin)?
300
Only about 5-15% of patients with pain will also have a problem with this.
What is alcohol or drug abuse?
300
In cancer patients on long term opioids for pain, there is a less than 1% likelihood of this problem when inpatient morphine IV is increased from 200 mg/hr IV one day to 250 mg/hr IV the next day.
What is respiratory depression?
300
The time to peak effect of IV morphine.
What is 15 minutes?
300
This population of patients has an increased sensitivity to pain due to their underdeveloped nervous system.
What is children?
400
This type of drug is effective in relieving pain related to muscle spasms.
What are benzodiazepines?
400
Sweating, yawning, diarrhea and agitation with patients when an opioid is abruptly discontinued is a sign of this condition. ****SPECIAL LEARNING OP ANSWER****
What is physical dependence? DOUBLE POINTS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FtyXc1QycQ&list=PLK6qJddFISkMVaqU5RIY_t3_sBAS7Zz3K 2:56 to end.
400
Often seen in cancer patients, this is the term used to describe an intense rise in pain occurring suddenly or felt for a short time while currently taking medicine to control pain.
What is breakthrough pain?
400
Morphine 10 mg IV over 4 hours is equal to this dose of oral morphine given every 4 hours?
What is 30 mg?
400
Although termed the fifth one of these, these measurements alone are NOT reliable indicators of the intensity of pain.
What are vital signs?
500
This type of strong drug can be given for pain relief even when the source of pain is unknown.
What is opioids?
500
CASE STUDY SPECIAL QUESTION
CORRECT RESPONSE NEEDED
500
These types of drugs should be used first for relief of mild to moderate pain in cancer patients according to the World Health Organization's Pain Ladder.
What is any of the following: aspirin, acetaminophen, NSAIDs? ****SPECIAL PICTURE LEARNING OP**** DOUBLE POINTS
500
The time to peak effect for oral morphine.
What is 1-2 hours?
500
Subsequent opioid doses after and an initial dose should be adjusted according to this measurement?
What is the patient's response or patient's report on a pain scale?