A client with cholelithiasis and obstructive jaundice is experiencing severe pruritus for which the health care provider has prescribed cholestyramine (Questran) for the client. What is the action of this drug?
A. Cholestyramine blocks histamine, reducing the allergic response.
B. Cholestyramine inhibits the enzyme responsible for bile excretion.
C. Cholestyramine reduces the amount of bile stored in the gallbladder.
D. Cholestyramine binds with bile acids that are eventually excreted in the feces.
D
Cholestyramine binds with bile acids in the intestine, forming an insoluble compound excreted in the feces.
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The nurse educator is providing patient education about the Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (CAST). The nurse correctly explains that the trial demonstrated that pharmacologic suppression of dysrhythmias
a. reduced mortality by 50% but increased morbidity. b. significantly reduced the risk of a second myocardial infarction. c. doubled the risk of a second myocardial infarction. d. should be used in all patients who have had an MI regardless of rhythm.