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brutforce

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A 58-year-old patient who has been diabetic since age 14 states he has pain in his feet and hands. What is this pain a result of?
 
  A) An infectious process
  B) Peripheral neuropathy
  C) An autoimmune disorder
  D) Hypertension

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A nurse has provided an oral dose of morphine, an opioid agonist, to a woman in early labor. The nurse should be aware of what characteristic of agonists?
 
  A) Agonists alter the normal processes of distribution and metabolism.
  B) Agonists counteract the action of specific neurotransmitters.
  C) Agonists block the action of specific neurotransmitters.
  D) Agonists bind to receptors and cause a physiological effect.



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D
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Agonists are drugs that produce effects similar to those produced by naturally occurring hormones, neurotransmitters, and other substances by activating (not blocking or counteracting) a receptor. Classification of a drug as an agonist does not denote a change to metabolism or distribution.



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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again




 

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