10. About image-guided lumbar sympathetic block, which the following indication is not proper?
(A) Sympathetically maintained pain
(B) Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
(C) Phantom low limb pain
(D) Raynaud’s disease
(E) Chronic pancreatitis

6. The effect of placebo will be enhanced by the followings except (A) conditioning by treatment context (B) suggestion by verbal (C) expectation of response (D) desire of pain relief (E) attention to pain

7. Pain is a frequent consequence of spinal cord injury (SCI). Which of the following statement is least likely: (A) Below-level neuropathic pain is most likely described as severe or excruciating months or years following initial injury. (B) Damage to the spinothalamic tracts is an important ingredient in the development of neuropathic pain following SCI. (C) Chronic musculoskeletal pain is common in tetraplegic patients after SCI. (D) Patients with cervical SCI are at risk of developing CRPS affecting upper limbs. (E) Below-level neuropathic pain is also referred to deafferentation pain.

8. Which of the following drug is not suggested to be prescribed to prevent migraine? (A) beta blocker (B) anticonvulsant such as gabapentin (C) tricyclic antidepressant such as amitriptyline (D) SSRI (Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors), such as Fluoxetine (prozac) (E) all of the above can be prescribed as preventive medications

9. 關於疼痛臨床研究與止痛方式的統計，下列何者正確？ (A) 一般而言，某種止痛方式的 number need to treat 介於 8-12 之間，表示該方式是有效的 (B) 統計結果 Number need to treat 數值愈大，表示該止痛方式效果越好 (C) 統計結果 Number need to harm 不適合用以表達副作用或併發症的的發生率 (D) 比較不同止痛方式的效果時，病人自控式止痛的嗎啡用量是很好的指標，比 pain score 更為客觀 (E) 以上皆不正確

11.關於嗎啡類藥物成癮的機轉敘述，下列何者錯誤： (A) 大腦中 ventral tegmental area (VTA) 及 nucleus accumbens (NA)為最重要影響腦區 (B) 此兩個腦區藉由系統中的 mesolimbic pathway 連接 (C) 與神經傳遞物血清素(serotonin)的分泌有關 (D) 此中樞神經網路代表了動物行為的「獎懲系統」(reward system) (E) 與酒精成癮的機制是同一套神經興奮系統

12. A 61-year-old woman presents to the pain clinic with a chief complaint of left shoulder and arm pain 3 years after undergoing radiation therapy for breast cancer. Physical examination reveals lymphedema of the left axilla with noticeable skin changes. Examination of the left supraclavicular area precipitates a sharp pain that radiates down her left arm. Which of the following is her likely diagnosis? (A) Tumor metastasis (B) Cervical radiculopathy (C) Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (D) Thrombangiitis obliterans (E) Radiation-induced plexopathy

13. When will you make a surgical suggestion as you manage a patient with neck or low back pain? (A) Intractable symptoms for one week (B) No changes in physical findings and no response to conservative management for two weeks (C) Obvious radicular sign without findings of correctable anatomical problem for more than one month (D) No improvement with progressive neurologic deficit in two weeks (E) Mild improvement for more than one month but less than three months

14. Which of the following statement concerning “phantom limb pain” is most likely: (A) Phantom pain is the painful sensations referred to the amputation stump (B) Phantom pain may enhance with time (C) Preamputation pain increases the risk of phantom pain (D) Phantom pain can be prevented by a preoperative epidural blockade (E) Postamputation pain can be easily treated by analgesia

15. Regarding antidepressant analgesics, which of the following statement is least likely: (A) According to NNT data in treating postherpetic neuralgia, imipramine has slightly better analgesic effect than oxycodone. (B) Desipramine (25-300 mg/day, oral) has low potency of anticholinergic effect and sedation. (C) Fluoxetine (5-40 mg/day, oral) has no anticholinergic and sedative effects. (D) Venlafaxine is relatively free of muscarinic cholinergic, histaminic and alpha-adrenergic receptor effects. (E) The analgesic effect of antidepressants in treating neuropathic pain is dependent of its antidepressant action.

16. Based on clinical situations, which kind of opioids owns the highest oral bioavailability: (A) Hydromorphone (B) Morphine (C) Pethidine (meperidine) (D) Oxycodone (E) Tramadol