Question

Which of the following can possibly be used as analgesic without causing addiction and mood modification?
 (A) Morphine
(B) Diazepam
(C) Tetrahydrocational
(D) N-acetyl para-aminophenol

Answer 1

Hint: In order to solve this question, we should first understand the term analgesic. An analgesic drug can simply be known as pain killer, pain reliever or analgesic. It is a member of the group of drugs which is consumed in order to get relief from pain i.e. for pain management or analgesia.

Complete Step by Step Solution:
The choice of analgesic that should be used is usually determined by the kind of pain. If we take the example of neuropathic pain, the traditional analgesics are not very effective. Some analgesics have substantial risks and higher chances of misuse, overdose and other problems such as addiction in the absence of medical supervision.

Diazepam is a drug which is valued for its calming properties. It is generally used to treat anxiety or muscle spasms but the problem is it is highly addictive and also commonly abused. N-acetylpara-aminophenol also known as paracetamol is an antipyretic which can be used as an analgesic to get relief from pain without any problems of addiction and mood modifications. Thus, we can say that N-acetylpara-aminophenol can possibly be used as analgesic without causing addiction and mood modification.
Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Note: Morphine is generally used to relieve moderate to severe level of pain. Discontinuing the use of morphine may cause opioid withdrawal syndrome which occurs over several stages with symptoms like anxiety, drug craving, irritability, etc.