Author Question: If two drugs exert the same pharmacodynamic actions but differ in terms of their pharmacokinetic ... (Read 87 times)

meagbuch · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

If two drugs exert the same pharmacodynamic actions but differ in terms of their pharmacokinetic properties, which of the drugs is likely to produce the most intense abstinence symptoms after chronic use? The drug with the

a. shortest duration of action
b. longest duration of action
c. slowest passage through the blood brain barrier
d. longest times between drug exposures

Question 2

Empirical evidence has shown that relapse is not likely to occur with which type of treatment for drug dependence?

a. drug substitution
b. extinction of conditioned responses
c. group therapy
d. none of the above; there is no empirical evidence that any treatment prevents relapse