A client was diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse and has questions about medications used in treatment
a. What medication is used for treating mitral valve prolapse? What are they for and why?
b. Can antianxiety medication be useful? If so, why?
Students' answers should include the following:
a. Discussion should center around beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers, other hypertensive agents, platelet aggregates, low-dose aspirin, and what these are used for and why they are necessary (hint: backflow of blood, pooling clot formation).
b. Discussion about how anxiety medication can affect the sympathetic nervous system, also could be including use of caffeine and heart palpitations.
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