| Question | Answer |
| Name a hormonal analogue used to treat malignant bone pain. | |
| What problem has prevented the further development/use of COX-2 inhibitors in pain treatment? | |
| Example of a drug used in step 1 of the WHO ladder? | |
| What is the most dangerous side-effect of opioids? | |
| Which laxative is recommended in the long-term use of opioids? | |
| Why is there so much variation in the effectiveness of codeine? | |
| What is the dose of codeine? | |
| what can be used to treat bowel colic? | |
| Which kind of pain commonly does not respond to opioid treatment? | |
| ow long should antiemetics be co-prescribed with an opioid for? | |
| Example of a drug used in step 3 of the WHO ladder? | |
| Which drug is more stable: Fentanyl or diamorphine? | |
| Which TCA is most commonly used in the treatment of neuropathic pain? | |
| Example of a drug used in step 2 of the WHO ladder? | |
| Example of a drug used in step 3 of the WHO ladder? | |
| What proportion of the total daily dose of opioid should be used for breakthrough pain? | |
| Partial opioid agonists can cause what? | |
| What route is buprenorphine administered by? | |
| In the WHO analgesic ladder what is in step 2? | |
| Example of a drug used in step 3 of the WHO ladder? | |
| What can be used to treat musculoskeletal pain/ | |
| The ability of the brain to change in response to experience is known as what/ | |
| Example of a drug used in step 3 of the WHO ladder? | |
| Example of a drug used in step 1 of the WHO ladder? | |
| What is the dose of paracetamol? | |
| Example of a drug used in step 2 of the WHO ladder? | |
| How long does breakthrough cancer pain typically last for? | |
| Example of a drug used in step 2 of the WHO ladder? | |
| Example of a drug used in step 3 of the WHO ladder? | |
| Give an example of a strong opioid? | |
| Which 2 anticonvulsants are most commonly used in the treatment of pain? | |
| How long is the elimination half life of methadone/ | |
| What does TENS stand for? | |
| What kind of pain are bisphosphonates used to treat? | |
| Name a drug commonly used in neural blockade? | |
| Example of a drug used in step 1 of the WHO ladder? | |
| What is the starting dose of amitriptyline use in pain? | |
| Which opioid agonist also has potent monoamine reuptake properties? | |
| Side-effects associated with amitriptyline. | |
| What do Aδ fibres have that C fibres don't? | |
| Name a drug used in bone pain (secondary malignancy). | |
| Common example of a weak opioid? | |
| Respiratory depression resulting from opioid use can be reveresed by what? | |
| Example of a drug used in step 2 of the WHO ladder? | |