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WorksheetsEthanol and Tramadol Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Ethyl alcohol primarily depresses CNS by enhancing
Glutamate NMDA activity
GABA-A activity
Serotonin release
Dopamine blockade
Acute ethanol intoxication commonly causes
Respiratory stimulation
CNS depression and ataxia
Severe hypertension
Hyperreflexia
Chronic ethanol use is associated with
Improved memory
Cirrhosis of liver
Increased immunity
Reduced cancer risk
Ethanol causes hypoglycemia mainly by
Increasing insulin secretion
Inhibiting gluconeogenesis
Increasing glycogenolysis
Increasing cortisol
Most dangerous acute toxicity of ethanol is
Constipation
Respiratory depression
Hypertension
Polyuria
Ethanol is used medically as
General anesthetic
Antidote in methanol poisoning
Antibiotic
Antiepileptic
Ethanol is used in methanol poisoning because it
Increases formic acid formation
Inhibits alcohol dehydrogenase by competitive substrate action
Enhances methanol absorption
Increases CNS toxicity
Methanol toxicity is mainly due to formation of
Acetaldehyde
Lactic acid
Formic acid
Propionic acid
Tramadol analgesic action is due to
Pure μ agonism only
COX inhibition
Weak μ agonism + inhibition of serotonin/NA reuptake
NMDA blockade
Tramadol is useful in
Severe cancer pain only
Moderate pain
Status epilepticus
Anxiety disorders
Major adverse effect of tramadol is
Severe constipation only
Respiratory arrest always
Seizures and serotonin syndrome risk
Bradycardia
Morphine causes
MyDriasis
Miosis
No pupillary effect
Blindness
Pethidine differs from morphine by causing
Miosis
No anticholinergic effects
More tachycardia and mydriasis
More constipation
Pethidine metabolite causing seizures is
Morphine-6-glucuronide
Norpethidine
Normeperidine
Codeine
Compared to morphine, pethidine causes
More biliary spasm
Less biliary spasm
More constipation
More miosis
