A client has been prescribed a new antifungal medication and asks the nurse why the medication must be taken for so many days. The nurse's response is based on the knowledge that fungal infections:
1. require drug holidays to prevent side effects.
2. are often resistant to treatment, and can require months of therapy.
3. occur at locations that are difficult to reach with traditional routes of medication administration.
4. are capable of destroying certain medications, so new medications must be added.
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Continuous medication administration is required, and there is no need for drug holidays.
Rationale 2: Treatment requires many months to fully eradicate the organism.
Rationale 3: Some fungal infections occur in superficial skin layers.
Rationale 4: Fungal infections do not destroy medications.
Global Rationale: Pharmacotherapy of systemic mycoses is often continued for many months to ensure the fungus is eliminated. Continuous medication administration is required, and there is no need for drug holidays. Some fungal infections occur in superficial skin layers. Fungal infections do not destroy medications.
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