A patient with HIV is admitted to the hospital because of chronic severe diarrhea. As the nurse caring for this patient you would expect the physician to order what drug for the management of the patient's diarrhea?
A) Zithromax
B) Sandostatin
C) Levaquin
D) Biaxin
Ans: B
Feedback: Therapy with octreotide acetate (Sandostatin), a synthetic analogue of somatostatin, has been shown to be effective in managing chronic severe diarrhea. Zithromax, Levaquin, and Biaxin are not used to treat chronic severe diarrhea.
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