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Nr 565 Midterm 2023 Newest Updated 2024 What are therapeutic uses for morphine? - ANSWER-Pain, sedation, euphoria, resp depression, cough suppression, suppression of GI motility, reduces anxiety What are therapeutic uses for Fentanyl? - ANSWER-•Chronic pain (PATCHES), acute pain, cancer pai...

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Nr 565 Midterm 2023 Newest Updated 2024

What are therapeutic uses for morphine? - ANSWER-Pain, sedation, euphoria, resp depression, cough
suppression, suppression of GI motility, reduces anxiety



What are therapeutic uses for Fentanyl? - ANSWER-•Chronic pain (PATCHES), acute pain, cancer pain



When should a patient be referred to a pain specialist? - ANSWER-120mme/day



What is MME and when to use it? - ANSWER-Morphine milligram equivalent

Potency of an opioid

ID opioid prescription burden of a single person



What is the PDMP and when to use it? - ANSWER-Prescription drug monitoring program

Used when prescribing controlled substances



How to assess someone for possible drug diversion - ANSWER-UA screen

PDMP routine use



Risk Factors for OUD? - ANSWER-Family hx of abuse

personal hx of abuse

cross tolerance

mental illness



When to prescribe Naloxone? - ANSWER-With every opioid prescription

,When prescribing Medications, we must understand that the liver function declines with age d/t what?

A. Enlarged Liver

B. Decreased blood flow to liver

C. Increased activity of the hepatic enzymes - ANSWER-B. Decreased blood flow to liver



An 82 yo male visits the clinic complaining that his pain meds "take forever" to work after he takes his
pill. What are possible reasons you can explain to him as to why this may be happening.



A. Perhaps we need to increase your dose

B. Sometimes as you get older, absorption may be slower resulting in a delayed response

C. As we get older, the gastric acid decreases and may delay absorption - ANSWER-B. Sometimes as you
get older, absorption may be slower resulting in a delayed response

C. As we get older, the gastric acid decreases and may delay absorption



RA Characteristics



Onset

Affected population

Location

Joint stiffness duration

SxS - ANSWER-weeks-months

women>men

common hands, feet, & wrists

>60 min in AM

, local & sys.



OA Characteristics



Onset

Affected population

Location

Joint stiffness duration

SxS - ANSWER-years

men & Women equally

Hands & weight baring joints

<30min in AM

typically local



What might you expect to find in the synovial fluid of a pt with OA - ANSWER-Mild leukocytes



What might you expect to find in the synovial fluid of a pt with RA - ANSWER-Cloudy with leukocytes



Goals of Tx for RA - ANSWER-Sxs relief (pain, stiffness, inflammation,

maintaining joint fxn and ROM

minimize systemic involvement

delay progression



Typical pharm Txs for RA - ANSWER-NSAIDs, systemic steroids, antimalarials, antimetabolites, and
biologics

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