When describing opioid analgesics to a group of nursing students, the instructor would expect to include which classifications? Select all that apply
A) An agonist
B) A partial agonist
C) A partial antagonist
D) An antagonist
E) An agonist-antagonist
Ans: A, B, E
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An opioid analgesic may be classified as an agonist, partial agonist, and agonist-antagonist.
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