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scienceeasy

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A patient is being treated for opioid abuse after many years of cocaine and heroin use. The nurse should anticipate that this patient will be treated with what drug?
 
  A) Disulfiram (Antabuse)
  B) Flumazenil (Romazicon)
  C) Methadone (Dolophine)
  D) Naloxone (Narcan)

Question 2

A patient diagnosed with pernicious anemia asks why vitamin B12 is administered by injection. What is the best response to the patient?
 
  A) Oral forms of vitamin B12 will not be absorbed.
  B) Oral ingestion of vitamin B12 causes irritation and bleeding.
  C) Pernicious anemia causes changes in the mucous membrane.
  D) In severe pernicious anemia, vitamin B12 orally is not effective.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C
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Opioid withdrawal symptoms are treated with methadone. Naloxone is used to treat acute opioid intoxication or overdose, but it is not used to treat opioid abuse.

Answer to Question 2

A


scienceeasy

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Gracias!

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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