The nurse knows instructs a client prescribed simvastatin single daily dose therapy to schedule the medication:
a. for the first thing in the morning to decrease accumulated cholesterol.
b. at lunch time to address high midday concentrations of cholesterol.
c. with dinner to decrease side effects of the medication.
d. in the evening, because cholesterol is synthesized between midnight and 3 a.m.
ANS: D
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A Incorrect: For most effectiveness it should be taken in the evening.
B Incorrect: For most effectiveness it should be taken in the evening.
C Incorrect: For most effectiveness it should be taken in the evening.
D Correct: For most effectiveness it should be taken in the evening.
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