Chemical Dependency Counselor License Exam Pharmacology of Substance Use 3

Question 1

A client maintained on buprenorphine/naloxone reports that injecting the film produces little effect. This is because:

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Naloxone becomes active parenterally and precipitates withdrawal

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Buprenorphine has a ceiling effect on euphoria regardless of route

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The film cannot be dissolved to injectable concentration

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Buprenorphine is destroyed by blood pH

Question 2

MDMA's acute toxicity most commonly causes death through which mechanism?

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Hyperthermia, rhabdomyolysis, and multi-organ failure

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Respiratory depression similar to opioids

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Cardiac arrhythmia from potassium depletion

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Acute liver failure from direct hepatotoxicity

Question 3

Which characteristic of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) makes it particularly dangerous when combined with alcohol?

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Both substances are CNS depressants with synergistic effects at GABA receptors

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GHB blocks alcohol metabolism, causing acetaldehyde buildup

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GHB inhibits alcohol absorption in the gut

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Alcohol converts GHB to a toxic metabolite

Question 4

Regarding methamphetamine neurotoxicity, long-term use is most associated with damage to:

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Dopaminergic and serotonergic terminals in the striatum and prefrontal cortex

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Cholinergic neurons in the hippocampus

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Opioid peptide neurons in the periaqueductal gray

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Glutamate receptors in the cerebellum

Question 5

The concept of 'set and setting' is most directly relevant to which substance's variable psychological effects?

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LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)

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Heroin

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Nicotine

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Alcohol at low doses

Question 6

Tolerance to opioids develops most rapidly for which effect?

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Analgesia and euphoria

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Constipation

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Miosis (pupil constriction)

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Hormonal suppression

Question 7

A urine drug screen using immunoassay is MOST likely to produce a false positive for opioids in a client who reports taking:

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Poppy seed-containing food

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Ibuprofen

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Quinolone antibiotics

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Dextromethorphan