A 50-year-old man is found in the street unresponsive with pinpoint pupils and depressed respiration. Naloxone is administered with dramatic improveme...

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A 50-year-old man is found in the street unresponsive with pinpoint pupils and depressed respiration. Naloxone is administered with dramatic improvement. Which substance was he most likely intoxicated with?

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Opioids

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Benzodiazepines

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Tricyclic antidepressants

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Ethanol

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Barbiturates

MCQ (SBA): Emergency medicine & Acute presentations

A 50-year-old man is found in the street unresponsive with pinpoint pupils and depressed respiration. Naloxone is administered with dramatic improvement. Which substance was he most likely intoxicated with?