Author Question: Many patients self-medicate with antacids. Which patients should be counseled to not take calcium ... (Read 64 times)

cabate · **on:** Jul 24, 2018

Many patients self-medicate with antacids. Which patients should be counseled to not take calcium carbonate antacids without discussing it with their provider or a pharmacist first?

1. Patients with kidney stones
2. Pregnant patients
3. Patients with heartburn
4. Postmenopausal women

Question 2

Children who should receive meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Hib-MenCY, MenHibrix) include:

1. Children traveling to the Haj
2. Infants, routinely at 2, 4, 6, and 12 to 15 months
3. Infants with functional asplenia (including sickle cell disease)
4. Two year olds with complement deficiencies