A woman has been prescribed a daily iron supplement by her health care provider. She recently became constipated, most likely related to the iron supplement. Which of the following best de-scribes this response?
a. Therapeutic effect
b. Adverse reaction
c. Side effect
d. Toxicity
C
A side effect is a predictable and often unavoidable secondary effect produced at a usual thera-peutic dose. Each medication has a therapeutic effect, the intended or desired physiological re-sponse of a medication. Undesired, unintended, and often unpredictable responses to medication are referred to as adverse effects. Toxic effects are capable of causing injury or death. They often develop after prolonged intake of a medication or when a medication accumulates in the blood because of impaired metabolism or excretion.
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