The nurse is caring for a patient with severe symptomatic intestinal amebiasis who has just completed a 10-day course of metronidazole [Flagyl]. Which medication would the nurse expect to be ordered for the patient?
a. Atovaquone [Mepron]
b. Iodoquinol [Yodoxin]
c. Nitazoxanide [Alinia]
d. Pentamidine [Pentam]
B
The metronidazole concentration in the stomach remains low; therefore, some amebas survive. Using iodoquinol as the subsequent drug achieves high concentrations, killing the remaining amebas. Pentamidine, atovaquone, and nitazoxanide are indicated for the treatment of diseases other than amebiasis.
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