A woman with moderate migraine headaches asks a nurse why the provider has ordered metoclopramide [Reglan] as an adjunct to aspirin therapy, because she does not usually expe-rience nausea and vomiting with her migraines
The nurse will tell her that the metoclopramide is used to: a. help induce sleep.
b. improve absorption of the aspirin.
c. prevent gastric irritation caused by the aspirin.
d. prolong the effects of the aspirin.
B
Besides reducing nausea and vomiting, metoclopramide also reverses gastric stasis and improves absorption of oral antimigraine drugs. When aspirin-like analgesics are combined with metoclo-pramide, they may work as well as sumatriptan. Metoclopramide is not used to induce sleep. It does not prevent gastric irritation or prolong the effects of the aspirin.
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