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frankwu

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A patient with Parkinson's disease has been prescribed rasagiline. When educating this patient on this medication, which herbal supplement has the potential to produce hyperpyrexia and death with rasagiline?
 
  A) Ginger
  B) Dextromethorphan
  C) Garlic
  D) St. John's wort

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Epinephrine is being considered in the treatment of an adult hospital patient. In anticipation, the nurse has reviewed the patient's current medication regimen.
 
  The presence of a drug from which of the following drug categories would contraindicate the safe use of epinephrine? A) Potassium-wasting diuretics
  B) Sulfonamide antibiotics
  C) Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
  D) Monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors


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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
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Rasagiline administered with the herbal supplement St. John's wort will enhance the stimulation of serotonergic receptors to cause hyperpyrexia and death. Dextromethorphan can produce the same reaction but is not an herbal supplement. Ginger and garlic are herbal supplements but will not produce hyperpyrexia and death.

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It is essential not to give MAO inhibitors with adrenergic drugs because the combination may cause death. Use of adrenergics with diuretics, SSRIs, or sulfa antibiotics is not necessarily contraindicated.


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Wow, this really help

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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