A patient receiving a urinary antibacterial drug requires acidic urine for that drug to be effective. Select the drug that, if administered by the health care provider, would have an acidifying effect on the urine
a. Acetazolamide (Diamox)
b. Ascorbic acid (Ascorbicap)
c. Arginine hydrochloride
d. Sodium lactate
ANS: B
Ammonium chloride and ascorbic acid serve as urine-acidifying drugs. These two drugs can be used to increase the effectiveness of certain urinary antibacterial drugs and to enhance drug elimination in drug overdose.
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