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on: Jul 23, 2018
Which is an early indication of anticoagulant overdose?
 
  a. Abdominal pain
  b. Bleeding gums
  c. Low blood pressure
  d. Pallor

Question 2

In instructing a patient about corticosteroid therapy, the patient asks if he can just stop this medication before returning to the physician's office. Which would be the nurse's best response?
 
  a. Take this medication until you've completed it.
  b. The medication must be slowly reduced.
  c. Go ahead; there is no real precaution with this drug therapy.
  d. The amount you're taking is small, so stopping is all right at any time.


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

ANS: B
An early sign of overdose is bleeding from the gums while brushing teeth.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Corticosteroids cannot be stopped without tapering, or slowly reducing, the dose over time. Stopping the drug suddenly leads to steroid withdrawal syndrome.


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