Which of the following statements about opioids is NOT true?
a. Long-acting formulations are not recommended for opioid naïve patients
b. Itching is a true opioid allergy
c. Most patients will benefit from a long-acting opioid for chronic opioid therapy
d. Opioids have no ceiling effect of analgesia
Answer: d. Opioids have no ceiling effect of analgesia
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What will be an ideal response?
Although the heart does not require the nervous system to initiate contraction events:
a. it is sympathetically innervated via cardiac nerve fibers. b. it is parasympathetically innervated by vagus nerve fibers. c. it is innervated by the phrenic nerve. d. it is innervated by the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system only. e. both (a) and (b) above.
The footplate of the stapes is
A. much larger than the tympanic membrane, and the ossicles therefore amplify sound waves. B. much smaller than the tympanic membrane, and the ossicles therefore amplify sound waves. C. much smaller than the tympanic membrane, and the ossicles therefore dampen sound waves. D. much larger than the tympanic membrane, and the ossicles therefore dampen sound waves.