A patient is taking Simvastatin (Zocor). You recommend:
a. taking medication on an empty stomach
b. avoiding grapefruit
c. maintaining a consistent amount of dietary sodium
d. limiting tyramine-containing foods
Answer: b. avoiding grapefruit
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Ms. Jayce states, "Well, you have given me a lot of information to think about. I will continue to think about this. If my labor is not very difficult, I'll probably be able to make up my mind then." What is the appropriate response from the nurse?
Define Guillain-Barré syndrome
One way that people with impaired glucose tolerance can prevent development of type 2 diabetes is to:
a. eat less sugar. b. eat less fat. c. lose weight. d. avoid alcohol.
Which of the following hypothesis suggest that we eat more total kcal because our body is trying to meet our genetically programmed protein target?
A. the set-point hypothesis B. the protein leverage hypothesis C. thrifty gene hypothesis D. the drifty gene hypothesis