Pain management: practice question

A Anaesthesia question in the style of the NEET PG paper. Answer it first, then read why the right option is right and why each of the others is wrong.

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Anaesthesia · Pain management

Sample item

What is a key benefit of scheduled nonopioid analgesics when appropriate?

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The answer and the reasoning

C. Reduce opioid requirement

Using nonopioid medicines as part of multimodal analgesia can reduce opioid dose requirements and opioid-related adverse effects while improving postoperative comfort.

Option by option

  • A. Replace airway monitoring

    Airway monitoring remains important whenever sedation or opioids are used.

  • B. Avoid mobilization

    Good analgesia should facilitate rather than avoid mobilization.

  • C. Reduce opioid requirement (correct)

    Correct: nonopioid analgesics can spare opioid exposure.

  • D. Cause all pain to disappear permanently

    No analgesic plan guarantees permanent absence of pain.

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What is the answer to this Anaesthesia question?

The best answer is C, Reduce opioid requirement. Using nonopioid medicines as part of multimodal analgesia can reduce opioid dose requirements and opioid-related adverse effects while improving postoperative comfort.

Why is "Replace airway monitoring" not the answer?

Airway monitoring remains important whenever sedation or opioids are used.

Why is "Avoid mobilization" not the answer?

Good analgesia should facilitate rather than avoid mobilization.

Why is "Cause all pain to disappear permanently" not the answer?

No analgesic plan guarantees permanent absence of pain.

What concept does this question test?

It tests Pain management in Anaesthesia. The correct option holds because: Correct: nonopioid analgesics can spare opioid exposure.

How hard is this question?

We tag it as an application question: it asks you to use a fact on a patient or a finding. The tag is our own editorial judgement, not an official difficulty rating, so read the reason for every option, not only the answer.

How should I study Pain management?

Make a table of each agent, its key advantage and its main side effect. Then use the flashcards and the other Anaesthesia questions on this site to test what stuck.

Is this a real NEET PG question?

No. It is an original practice item (editorial status: sample, version 1). NextPrep does not publish recalled or leaked questions, and independent faculty review of this item has not been completed yet, so confirm important facts in a standard textbook.