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ATI PHARMACOLOGY CARDIOVASCULAR QUESTION AND ANSWERS (2023/2024) (VERIFIED ANSWERS) A health care professional is caring for a patient who is about to begin taking verapamil (calan) to treat atrial fibrillation. The health care professional should tell $10.49
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ATI PHARMACOLOGY CARDIOVASCULAR QUESTION AND ANSWERS (2023/2024) (VERIFIED ANSWERS) A health care professional is caring for a patient who is about to begin taking verapamil (calan) to treat atrial fibrillation. The health care professional should tell
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ATI PHARMACOLOGY CARDIOVASCULAR QUESTION AND
ANSWERS (2023/2024) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
A health care professional is caring for a patient who is about to begin taking verapamil (calan) to treat
atrial fibrillation. The health care professional should tell the patient to avoid grapefruit juice whi...
ATI PHARMACOLOGY CARDIOVASCULAR QUESTION AND
ANSWERS (2023/2024) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
A health care professional is caring for a patient who is about to begin taking verapamil (calan) to treat
atrial fibrillation. The health care professional should tell the patient to avoid grapefruit juice while
taking verapamil because it can cause
- ANSWER Hypotension
-Large amounts of grapefruit juice can increase blood levels of verapamil by inhibiting its metabolism.
The excess amount of drug can intensify otherwise therapeutic effects like hypotension, causing serious
risks for syncope and dizziness
While talking with a patient about drug therapy options for hypertension, the provider noted that the
patient also has some manifestations of depression that require treatment. Which of the following
antihypertensive drugs is inappropriate for the patient?
- ANSWER Reserpine
Sever depression and an increased risk for suicide are adverse effects of adrenergic neuron blockers,
such as reserpine. These effects can persist after patient stop taking these drugs. These adverse effects
develop because of the depletion of serotonin and norepinephrine.
When talking with a patient about taking amiodarone (cordarone) to treat atrial fibrillation, which of the
following should the health care professional tell the patient to avoid?
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- ANSWER Grapefruit juice
-Grapefruit juice, particularly in large amounts, can cause toxicity of potassium channel blockers, such as
amiodarone
A health care professional is caring for a patient who is about to begin taking simvastatin (Zocor) to treat
hypercholesterolemia. The health care professional should tell the patient to report which of the
following indications of a serious adverse reaction that could warrant stopping drug therapy?
- ANSWER Muscle Pain
-Simvastatin, an HMG-CoA reductase inhiitor (statin), can cause myopathy or pain in muscles and joints
that can progress to rhabdomyolysis. With this rare but serious adverse effect, muscle protein breaks
down and its excretion causes kidney damage.
When talking with a patient about taking eplerenone (inspra) to treat hypertension, the health care
professional should include which of the following instructions?
- ANSWER Avoid the use of salt substitutes
Eplerenone, an aldosterone antagonist, can cause hyperkalemia. Many salt substitutes contain
significant amounts of potassium. Patients who take the drug should not use salt substittues that
contain potassium.
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