The nurse notes that a patient of African American descent who is taking an oral antihypertensive medication continues to have elevated blood pressure three months after beginning the medication regimen
The nurse suspects that the patient may be
a. consuming ethnic foods that interfere with absorption of the drug.
b. discarding the medication.
c. experiencing allergic reactions to the medication.
d. metabolizing the drug differently than expected.
ANS: D
Certain classifications of medications have different effects in individuals whose genetic markers are predominantly characteristic of a certain biologic group. African Americans respond poorly to several classes of antihypertensive agents.
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