What medications are used in treating people diagnosed with opioid use disorder, and how does each of these work?
What will be an ideal response?
Rapid opioid detoxification uses anesthesia and an opioid antagonist so that withdrawal occurs while the patient is asleep (this is a controversial treatment). Maintenance treatments include substitution with either methadone (long-acting opioid agonist) or buprenorphine (partial opioid agonist). Or, maintenance therapy could be based on naltrexone, a long-acting opioid antagonist that prevents an agonist such as heroin from having any effect on the person.
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a. sociability b. shared or communal nature c. passion d. affective
Neuroscientists have shown that various brain structures and brain chemicals differ in heterosexuals and homosexuals. This finding supports which cause of sexual orientation?
a. genetics b. adult hormonal levels c. parenting d. sexual child abuse
A person with a drug addiction always "shoots up" at his girlfriend's house. On the day that they break up, he injects himself with his usual dose of heroin, but this time it is in his own home. Based on the research findings of Shepard Siegel, the addict
a. is more likely to overdose. b. is less likely to overdose. c. will experience effects no different than before. d. will become less addicted.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Justice refers explicitly to researchers’ efforts to maximize the benefits participants receive for contributing to their research.