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5 Adjuvant Medications for Pain Online Quiz Questions

Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review 5 Adjuvant Medications for Pain, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.

20 questions
01
True or false
1 point

Adjuvant analgesics may be used alone or alongside other analgesics, but they are not interchangeable for every pain condition.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

02
Choose one
1 point

A person has neuropathic pain but is not being treated for depression. Which statement about antidepressants is supported?

  1. A

    Antidepressants such as duloxetine or amitriptyline may help neuropathic pain, even when depression is not being treated.

  2. B

    Antidepressants are appropriate for pain only when the person is being treated for depression.

  3. C

    Antidepressants are interchangeable with every other adjuvant medication for any pain condition.

03
Written response
1 point

Besides pain improvement and adverse effects, what aspect of a person's life should be reassessed to judge whether a pain plan is helping?

04
Choose one
1 point

A person taking an SNRI for neuropathic pain reports a new symptom. Which effect is identified as a possible adverse effect of this medicine class?

  1. A

    Dry mouth and sleepiness are the listed examples of common SNRI effects.

  2. B

    Nausea or dizziness can occur with SNRIs.

  3. C

    SNRIs cannot cause adverse effects if used for pain.

05
Fill in the blank
1 point

Topical lidocaine or capsaicin may help peripheral nerve pain and can reduce compared with an oral medicine.

06
True or false
1 point

Prolonged corticosteroid use can cause serious effects, so treatment should be monitored by a clinician.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

07
Choose one
1 point

An older adult taking a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) for pain becomes sleepy and dizzy. What safety concern is especially relevant?

  1. A

    The TCA's sleepiness or dizziness may increase fall risk, particularly in an older adult.

  2. B

    TCAs are known to prevent falls in older adults.

  3. C

    A TCA is risk-free for an older adult if it is being used for pain rather than depression.

08
Written response
1 point

What corticosteroid is given as an example of a medicine that may be used in selected cases when swelling or inflammation contributes to pain?

09
Choose all
1 point

Which statements about gabapentin and pregabalin are supported? Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Dizziness or sleepiness may occur.

  2. B

    Swelling may occur.

  3. C

    The dose may need adjustment for kidney function.

  4. D

    For people with risk factors, combining one of these medicines with an opioid or another central nervous system depressant can increase the risk of serious breathing problems.

  5. E

    These medicines cannot affect alertness.

  6. F

    Kidney function never needs to be considered when using these medicines.

10
Fill in the blank
1 point

A person should not increase, combine, or stop prescription medicines without advice from the .

11
Choose one
1 point

A person taking pregabalin with an opioid is unusually difficult to wake and has slow, shallow breathing. What is the appropriate response?

  1. A

    Wait until the next routine appointment, since sleepiness is always harmless.

  2. B

    Stop all prescription medicines without contacting a clinician.

  3. C

    Seek urgent medical attention for unusual extreme sleepiness, difficulty waking, or slow, shallow, or difficult breathing.

  4. D

    Take an additional dose of the pain medicine to counteract the symptoms.

12
Choose all
1 point

When a clinician is developing an adjuvant medication plan, which actions are supported? Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Match the medicine to the suspected pain mechanism.

  2. B

    Review the person's health, other medicines, and treatment goals.

  3. C

    Reassess meaningful improvement in pain and daily function.

  4. D

    Reassess adverse effects.

  5. E

    Assume one adjuvant is appropriate for every person and pain condition.

  6. F

    Stop assessing treatment once the medicine has been started.

13
Choose one
1 point

A person has cancer that has spread to bone. Which statement about bone-targeted treatment in the pain plan is supported?

  1. A

    It is a routine substitute for all other analgesics, without further assessment.

  2. B

    A clinician may consider bone-targeted treatment as part of the pain plan, with condition-specific assessment and monitoring.

  3. C

    It is appropriate for any kind of pain, regardless of its cause.

  4. D

    It removes the need to review the person's overall treatment plan.

14
Open ended
1 point

A person has localized peripheral nerve pain and troublesome effects from oral medicines. Describe a topical option a clinician might consider, explain one potential advantage compared with an oral medicine, and give important safe-use precautions.

15
Choose one
1 point

A person has neuropathic pain but is not being treated for depression. Which statement best describes the potential role of an antidepressant such as duloxetine?

  1. A

    They are appropriate only when pain is caused by depression.

  2. B

    They may help neuropathic pain even when the person is not being treated for depression.

  3. C

    They are used only to reduce inflammation around a tumor.

  4. D

    They are used only when topical analgesics have caused skin irritation.

16
Choose one
1 point

A person has pain limited to a small area affected by peripheral nerve symptoms and has troublesome effects from oral medicines. Which statement best supports considering a topical analgesic?

  1. A

    They are intended only for widespread pain because they increase whole-body exposure.

  2. B

    They replace the need to assess the cause of pain.

  3. C

    They may help localized peripheral nerve pain and can reduce whole-body exposure compared with an oral medicine.

  4. D

    They are used only when pain is caused by swelling from cancer.

17
Choose one
1 point

A patient with cancer has pain that appears to be worsened by swelling. Which statement best describes the possible role of a corticosteroid such as dexamethasone?

  1. A

    They may be considered in selected cases when swelling or inflammation contributes to pain.

  2. B

    They are routine substitutes for all other analgesics.

  3. C

    They are used only for pain caused by nerve damage.

  4. D

    They are appropriate for every kind of pain without monitoring.

18
Written response
1 point

A clinician is reviewing gabapentin dosing for a patient with reduced function of an organ that affects dose adjustment for this medicine. Which organ function should be reviewed?

19
True or false
1 point

True or false: A clinician may consider duloxetine for neuropathic pain even when the person is not being treated for depression.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

20
Written response
1 point

Before increasing, combining, or stopping a prescription pain medicine, whose advice should a patient seek?