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Mollykgkg

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on: Jul 24, 2018
A patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary
 
  disease (COPD) who is prescribed a short-acting inhaled beta2 agonist reports hating the inhaler and asks why the drug can't be taken as a pill. What is the nurse's best response?
  a. Inhaled drugs work more slowly.
  b. Inhaled drugs have no side effects.
  c. Oral drugs are usually more expensive.
  d. Oral drugs have more systemic side effects.

Question 2

A patient with asthma asks why he must take
 
  regularly scheduled systemic drugs when he can stop several asthma attacks each day within a few minutes of their onset by using a short-acting beta agonist inhaler. What is your best response?
  a. Frequent asthma attacks, even if they are halted relatively quickly, damage the bronchial tissues over time.
  b. If asthma attacks are uncontrolled they lead to the eventual development of lung cancer and emphysema.
  c. Using only short-acting beta agonists will lead to drug resistance and then the drug won't work when you need it.
  d. Inhaled beta agonist drugs only treat the constriction aspects of asthma and do not help the inflammatory aspects of the disease.


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Cheesycrackers

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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: D

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A


Mollykgkg

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Reply 2 on: Jul 24, 2018
Wow, this really help

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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