From a transcription error, a patient received an overdose of a ...

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From a transcription error, a patient received an overdose of a prescribed medication. If the therapeutic index of the medication is 10 and the median effective dose is 2, the nurse would calculate as the median lethal dose for the medication as _____. Standard Text: Record your answer rounding to the nearest whole number.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Question 2

Pharmacogenetics is a relatively new area within pharmacology. Which statement best describes the potential of this new area?
 
  1. To customize drugs and prevent idiosyncratic responses
  2. To reduce the overall number of drugs and their associated adverse effects
  3. To reduce medication errors and provide optimal drug choices
  4. To provide cost-effective pharmacotherapy and higher drug efficacy

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Answer to Question 1

20
Rationale: 10 = x/2; solving for x, the median lethal dose would be 20.
Global Rationale: 10 = x/2; solving for x, the median lethal dose would be 20.

Answer to Question 2

1
Rationale 1: Pharmacogenetics explores the role of heredity in drug response. It might be useful to customize drugs based on genetic makeup and reduce idiosyncratic responses.
Rationale 2: Reducing the number of drugs might occur but is not the best descriptive statement.
Rationale 3: Pharmacogenetics will not reduce medication errors.
Rationale 4: Currently, increased cost is a deterrent.
Global Rationale: Pharmacogenetics explores the role of heredity in drug response. It might be useful to customize drugs based on genetic makeup and reduce idiosyncratic responses. Pharmacogenetics will not reduce medication errors. Currently, increased cost is a deterrent. Reducing the number of drugs might occur but is not the best descriptive statement.

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