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In your observation of a 24-hour-postoperative elderly patient you find the patient in severe pain. He tells you he does not want to take the pain medication because he fears addiction. What is the best intervention for this patient?
 
  1. Give the patient methadone.
  2. Talk to the patient about his fears.
  3. Just give the medication, and do not tell him.
  4. Tell the patient how silly he is being.

Question 2

The effect that takes place when one drug interferes with the action of another drug is called:
 
  1. antagonistic.
  2. displacement.
  3. interference.
  4. incompatibility.



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Answer to Question 1

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Talk to patients about their fears, and help them to understand that they can take medications without unreasonable concern about addiction.

Answer to Question 2

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Drugs attach at drug receptor sites but then remain chemically inactive; no chemical drug re-sponse is produced, but the drug prevents activation of the receptor.




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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
:D TYSM


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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