A nurse counsels a patient who is to begin taking gamma-hydroxybutyrate (Xyrem) for narcolepsy. It is important for the nurse to warn the patient that respiratory depression is a poten-tial risk with concomitant use of
a. alcohol.
b. beta blockers.
c. caffeine.
d. nicotine.
A
The nurse should advise the patient to avoid alcohol when taking gamma-hydroxybutyrate, be-cause combining the two increases the risk of respiratory depression.
Gamma-hydroxybutyrate has no drug-drug interactions with beta blockers, caffeine, or nicotine.
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