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evelyn o bentley

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The nurse knows instructs a client prescribed simvastatin single daily dose therapy to schedule the medication:
 
  a. for the first thing in the morning to decrease accumulated cholesterol.
  b. at lunch time to address high midday concentrations of cholesterol.
  c. with dinner to decrease side effects of the medication.
  d. in the evening, because cholesterol is synthesized between midnight and 3 a.m.

Question 2

The client asked the nurse about how colesevelam HCl works to decrease serum LDL. The nurse's best response is:
 
  a. It works by increasing the conversion of cholesterol to bile acids.
  b. It works by reducing the demand for cholesterol in liver cells.
  c. It works by lowering the clearance of LDL cholesterol in the blood.
  d. It works by decreasing the number of hepatic LDL receptors.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: D

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A Incorrect: For most effectiveness it should be taken in the evening.
B Incorrect: For most effectiveness it should be taken in the evening.
C Incorrect: For most effectiveness it should be taken in the evening.
D Correct: For most effectiveness it should be taken in the evening.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A

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A Correct: This is a true statement about colesevelam HC1.
B Incorrect: Colesevelam HCl works by increasing the demand for cholesterol in liver cells.
C Incorrect: Colesevelam HCl works by increasing the clearance of LDL cholesterol in the blood.
D Incorrect: Colesevelam HCl works by increasing the number of hepatic LDL receptors.




evelyn o bentley

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Reply 2 on: Jul 24, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


dyrone

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

 

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