The client is a 24-year-old woman with asthma who takes terbutaline orally. She has all the following clinical manifestations. Which one alerts you to possible terbutaline toxicity?
A. Increased menstrual cramping
B. Palpitations and tachycardia
C. Oral and vaginal candidiasis
D. Diarrhea and abdominal bloating
B
Terbutaline is a sympathomimetic agent (beta-adrenergic stimulant). Excessive amounts of this drug would result in the same effects as those seen by exciting the sympathetic nervous system, including tachycardia and palpitations.
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