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Isoproterenol (Isuprel) is an example of a medication that enhances the beta receptors in the body. What is the term for drugs that stimulate a response?
 
  a. Antagonists
  b. Agonists
  c. Depressants
  d. Therapeutic effect

Question 2

A client's creatinine clearance level is 105 mL/min. Based on this information, what type of change in his medication should the nurse anticipate?
 
  a. Increased dosage
  b. Decreased dosage
  c. Unchanged dosage
  d. Dosage withheld



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
An agonist is a drug that produces a response.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
This is a normal creatinine clearance level (normal level is 85 to 135 mL/min); therefore the dose would be unchanged.





 

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