A patient is being treated with an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor. The nurse should advise the patient that ACE inhibitors should not be taken concurrently with which of the following drugs?
a. Potassium-wasting diuretics
b. Beta blockers
c. Potassium-sparing diuretics
d. Calcium channel blockers
ANS: C
ACE inhibitors may cause hyperkalemia and are contraindicated with potassium-sparing diuretics, which also cause hyperkalemia.
ACE inhibitors may be given with potassium-wasting diuretics to help eliminate some of the potassium in the body.
ACE inhibitors may also be given with beta blockers and calcium channel blockers, because these are not contraindicated.
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