Herbal Medicines for the Management of Opioid Addiction

Which of the following medications, when taken prior to eating, is especially effective for correcting postprandial hyperglycemia after a high-carbohydrate meal, so that hypoglycemia post dosing is minimized? Acarbose Glyburide Glitazone Tolbutamide

A 29-year-old Asian woman is being treated for a vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection. She is also taking a serotonin inhibitor for depression. Which of the following antibiotics should be avoided in this case? Chloramphenicol Gentamicin Linezolid Telitromycin None of these

Now having familiarity with narcotics, describe why narcotics are attractive to users/abusers of this category of drugs; and in doing so discuss why and how heroin is not just used by those in the inner, urban city areas, but also by affluent or middle-class individuals.