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The patient is due to begin treatment with demecarium (Humorsol). The patient asks the health care provider why that particular drug was chosen to treat her glaucoma.
 
  The most appropriate response of the health care provider is that the drug is indicated for the treatment of glaucoma in patients who have:

Question 2

As the patient continues to undergo treatment with pilocarpine (Pilocar), he begins to experience itching of the eye. The most appropriate response of the health care provider is:
 
  a. This could be symptomatic of pinpoint hemorrhaging within the eye.
  b. This is an expected adverse reaction to the medication, and treatment to relieve this symptom will be initiated.
  c. This is an unexpected, idiosyncratic response to the medication; the patient must be switched to a different drug.
  d. This could be symptomatic of retinal damage.


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

a. Rapid response to short-acting miotics
b. Adequate effects from ocular beta blocking drugs
c. Absence of a lens in that eye
d. Systemic high blood pressure

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Adverse effects commonly associated with cholinergic miotics such as pilocarpine include irrita-tion, conjunctivitis, and blepharitis. Itching would be caused by the conjunctivitis.


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Reply #2 on: Jul 23, 2018
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