A Patient, Addicted to Heroin, Is Being Treated for Opioid

question 30

Multiple Choice

A patient, addicted to heroin, is being treated for opioid dependence. He has been prescribed methadone (Dolophine) . The patient asks how this will help because methadone (Dolophine) is another opioid. What is the best response by the nurse?

• A) "Methadone (Dolophine) will make you really sick if you use heroin."
• B) "Methadone (Dolophine) does not cause euphoria like heroin does."
• C) "Methadone (Dolophine) cures your addiction to heroin."
• D) "Methadone (Dolophine) causes you to have an allergy to heroin."

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