A nurse plans to administer atropine (Sal-Tropine) to a patient on multiple concurrent medications. The nurse feels confident that which class of drugs would be safe to administer with atropine?
a. Antihistamines
b. Phenothiazine antipsychotics
c. Tricyclic antidepressants
d. Narcotic analgesics
D
Narcotic analgesics can be safely administered with atropine.
Antihistamines, phenothiazine antipsychotics, and tricyclic antidepressants all produce significant muscarinic blockade and therefore should not be administered with atropine.
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