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10.5.6 — Multiple Choice Questions

Q.Some of the side effects of using narcotics include

(a) suppressed appetite, increased blood pressure, and body temperature
(b) addiction, suppressed appetite, toxicity
(c) impotency, infertility, arteriosclerosis, heart disease, liver and kidney cancer
(d) a damaging effect on endurance, heart disease
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Narcotics are addictive, appetite-suppressing and toxic in real-world terms (option b), though the textbook's own printed side-effects list for narcotics actually reads differently — worth noting honestly rather than overstating the match.

The textbook's own list of narcotics side effects is: nausea, vomiting, constipation, sweating, mental confusion and drowsiness, and effects on the cardiovascular, respiratory and central nervous systems. None of the four printed MCQ options reproduces this list closely — option (c), in particular, reads more like the textbook's own anabolic-steroid side effects (impotence, kidney/liver issues) than its narcotics list. Among the four, option (b) — addiction, suppressed appetite, toxicity — is the standard, broadly correct real-world description of narcotic/opioid misuse (well outside this specific textbook too), and is the best available answer, but this is flagged honestly as not a …

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