In teaching a client receiving doxycycline for the treatment of chlamydial infection, the nurse should include
a. avoidance of alcoholic beverages while taking doxycycline.
b. increasing fluid intake while taking doxycycline.
c. protecting the medication from sunlight.
d. using a condom as a birth control method.
D
Doxycycline may decrease the effect of birth control pills. Alcohol does not interfere with the medication's action. The medication does not need protection from sunlight and while increased fluid intake is always important for a person with an infection, this is not an intervention related to doxycycline.
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