You are teaching an older adult patient who
has been prescribed famotidine (Pepcid) and his or her family about the drug. Which common side effect should you instruct the patient's family to watch for and report to the prescriber?
a. Confusion
b. Anxiety
c. Depression
d. Psychosis
ANS: A
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