When prescribing oxybutinin (Ditropan) for the patient with overactive bladder symptoms, the nurse practitioner must consider which disorder in the medical history before prescribing?
A. Narrow-angle glaucoma
B. Cough
C. Gallstones
D. Diabetes
Ans: A. Narrow-angle glaucoma
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A teaching nurse asks the students about how drugs activate receptors. One of the students correctly states that, "Drugs that increase receptor activation are those that
a. produce an effect equivalent to that produced by the natural neurotransmitter." b. antagonize any natural neurotransmitters in the synapse." c. promote the use of excess transmitters to down-regulate activation." d. lack any effect at the synaptic cleft."