A Patient Who Has a Long-Term Addiction to Opioids Takes

question 13

Multiple Choice

A patient who has a long-term addiction to opioids takes an overdose of barbiturates. The nurse preparing to care for this patient will anticipate:

• A) a severe abstinence syndrome when the effects of the barbiturates are reversed.
• B) minimal respiratory depression, because the patient has developed a tolerance to opioids.
• C) observing pinpoint pupil, respiratory depression, and possibly coma in this patient.
• D) using naloxone (Narcan) to reverse the effects of the barbiturates, because cross-tolerance is likely.

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