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sammy

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The nurse is teaching a patient about possible side effects when taking minocycline, a broad-spectrum antibiotic. Which side effect is the most common with this drug?
 
  a. Salty taste in the mouth
  b. Feeling of vertigo
  c. Edema in the feet and legs
  d. Ringing in the ears

Question 2

A patient asks a nurse what an AIDS-related opportunistic infection is. Which should be the nurse's reply?
 
  a. This infection is a first-generation metabolic infection.
  b. This infection is a toxic effect of the virus.
  c. This infection is from damage to the body's immune system.
  d. This infection is from an enlarged gallbladder.


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onowka

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

ANS: B
Vertigo may develop with the use of any of the tetracyclines; however, vertigo is more common with the use of minocycline.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
An opportunistic infection develops because of the damage to the body's immune system, leaving the body unable to protect itself from certain other infections.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Gracias!

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