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panfilo

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on: Jul 11, 2018
The nurse cautions a patient taking an anticoagulant that he should avoid taking aspirin because one drug may increase the action of the other drug. This effect is called:
 
  a. compatibility.
  b. antagonistic.
  c. synergism.
  d. cooperation.

Question 2

A condition in which a patient experiences bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by an increase of deoxygenated hemoglobin in the blood is known as _________________.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C
When one drug increases the action of another drug, it is called synergism.

Answer to Question 2

cyanosis
Cyanosis is a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by an increase of deoxygenated hemoglobin in the blood.


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Reply #2 on: Jul 11, 2018
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