A patient is prescribed a diuretic drug twice a day. When should you advise him or her to take the last dose each day?
a. Around noon with lunch
b. Before 6:00 p.m.
c. At 9:00 p.m. or bedtime
d. Twelve hours after the first dose
ANS: B
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