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Mr3Hunna

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From a transcription error a patient received an overdose of a prescribed medication. If the therapeutic index of the medication is 10 and the median effective dose is 2, what would the nurse calculate as the median lethal dose for the medication?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Pharmacogenetics is a relatively new area within pharmacology. Which statement best describes the potential of this new area?
 
  1. To customize drugs and prevent idiosyncratic responses
  2. To reduce the overall number of drugs and their associated adverse effects
  3. To reduce medication errors and provide optimal drug choices
  4. To provide cost-effective pharmacotherapy and higher drug efficacy


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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 20
Rationale : 10 = x/2; solving for x, the median lethal dose would be 20.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1
Rationale: Pharmacogenetics explores the role of heredity in drug response. It might be useful to customize drugs based on genetic makeup and reduce idiosyncratic responses. Currently, increased cost is a deterrent. Reducing the number of drugs might occur, but is not the best descriptive statement.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
:D TYSM

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Gracias!

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