The nurse is caring for a client with opioid addiction. The client requires the reversal of respiratory depression and coma. The nurse anticipates that she will be treated with which medication?
a. Methadone (Dolophine)
b. Buprenorphine (Subutex)
c. Naltrexone (ReVia, Depade)
d. Naloxone (Narcan)
ANS: D
Naloxone (Narcan) is the only choice that can be used to reverse the symptoms of respiratory depression and coma resulting from opioid addiction.
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