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Marty

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What is the main organ that inactivates and metabolizes drugs?
 
  a. Spleen
  b. Liver
  c. Lungs
  d. Pancreas

Question 2

The nurse cautions a patient taking an anticoagulant that he should avoid taking aspirin because one drug may increase the action of the other drug. What is the correct term for this effect?
 
  a. Compatibility
  b. Antagonism
  c. Synergism
  d. Cooperation


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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
The liver is the main organ that inactivates and metabolizes drugs.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
When one drug increases the action of another drug, it is called synergism.


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