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ec501234

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on: Jul 23, 2018
What would you expect to see in a patient who is an abuser of narcotics?
 
  1. An outward show of happiness
  2. A complete downward spiral in behavior
  3. Hyper behavior
  4. Constipation

Question 2

You are taking a drug history from a patient about her medication, and the patient tells you that the one aspirin she takes a day gives her stomach pain. The patient is having what kind of reac-tion?
 
  1. Allergy
  2. Side effect
  3. Toxic
  4. Paradoxical


fraziera112

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

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A chronic overdose symptom seen in drug abusers is constipation.

Answer to Question 2

2
If the patient has nausea or stomach pain when taking aspirin, that is a side effect but not an al-lergy.


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Reply #2 on: Jul 23, 2018
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