The client with a history of _______ would not be a candidate for androgen therapy
a. renal calculi
b. multiple sclerosis
c. benign prostatic hypertrophy
d. cardiovascular disease
ANS: C
Androgen therapy is contraindicated during pregnancy and in individuals with nephrosis or the nephrotic phase of nephritis, hypercalcemia, pituitary insufficiency, hepatic dysfunction, benign prostatic hypertrophy, or prostate cancer.
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