Patients with hypertension will be advised not to take ...

[fox]

Patients with hypertension will be advised not to take antihistamines because:
 
  1. of a slow pulse rate.
  2. they need to be taken 2 hours apart.
  3. there is a 6-hour wait between doses.
  4. they can cause blood pressure to rise.

Question 2

A patient is diagnosed with osteoarthritis. You would expect the patient to be started on:
 
  1. NSAIDs.
  2. salicylates.
  3. acetaminophen.
  4. Mucomyst.

[joneynes]

Answer to Question 1

4
An adverse action of an antihistamine is the development of hypertension.

Answer to Question 2

3
Acetaminophen is the initial drug of choice for treatment of osteoarthritis. It is effective in pain relief and has fewer adverse reactions than aspirin or NSAIDs.

[fox]

TYSM

[kthug]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it