A patient asks why she becomes sleepy after she takes a specific drug but that her neighbor who takes the same drug at the same dose does not experience sleepiness. What is your best response?
a. Your neighbor may also be taking another drug to reduce the side effects of this drug.
b. Your neighbor is probably addicted to this prescribed drug and you are not.
c. Side effects are very dependent on the time of day when the drug is taken.
d. People often experience side effects of the same drug differently.
Question 2
The nurse is monitoring a patient who is in the
26th week of pregnancy and has developed gestational diabetes and pneumonia. She is given medications that pose a possible fetal risk, but the potential benefits may warrant the use of the medications in her situation. The nurse recog-nizes that these medications are in which U.S. Food and Drug Administration pregnancy safety category?
a. Category X
b. Category B
c. Category C
d. Category D
Drug Interaction with Receptor Site
Example of problem focused patient
Patient teaching: mouth and pharyngeal assessment
Drug Actions at Binding Sites
Summary of Drug Action: Common Routes of Administration