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Brittanyd9008

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Lovastatin Mevacor is prescribed for a patient for the first time. The nurse should provide the patient with which instruction?
 
  a. Take lovastatin with your evening meal.
  b. Take this medicine before breakfast.
  c. You may take lovastatin without regard to meals.
  d. Take this medicine on an empty sto-mach.

Question 2

The nurse is administering medications to a patient who is receiving cyclosporine Sandimmune. Which medication, when administered concurrently with cyclosporine, would warrant a reduc-tion in the dosage of cyclosporine?
 
  a. Phenytoin Dilantin
  b. Prednisone
  c. Ketoconazole Nizoral
  d. Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole Bactrim


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emily12345

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

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Patients should be instructed to take lovastatin with the evening meal. Statins should be taken with the evening meal, not before breakfast. Statins should not be administered without regard to meals and should not be taken on an empty stomach.

Answer to Question 2

C
Concurrent use of ketoconazole would warrant a reduction in the dosage of cyclosporine. Keto-conazole often is given concurrently with cyclosporine so that the patient's dosage of cyclospo-rine, which is costly, can be reduced. Phenytoin would cause a decrease in cyclosporine levels. Prednisone often is given concurrently with cyclosporine to suppress the immune response. Tri-methoprim/sulfamethoxazole reduces levels of cyclosporine in the body.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Excellent

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