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Medical Council of Canada MCCQE Part 1 MCCQE Question # 39 Topic 4 Discussion

MCCQE Exam Topic 4 Question 39 Discussion:
Question #: 39
Topic #: 4

A 22-year-old woman is brought to the Emergency Department by her boyfriend, who says that she is experiencing a fentanyl overdose. She is unresponsive and cyanotic. She regains consciousness after naloxone is injected intravenously and demonstrates no further respiratory depression during 8 hours of observation. She states that she is 22 weeks' pregnant and wants to stop using opioids. Which one of the following is the best next step?


A.

Admit the patient for medically supervised detoxification


B.

Refer the patient for initiation of methadone


C.

Prescribe medications for symptom control so that the patient can detoxify at home


D.

Refer the patient for opioid use disorder counselling


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