The nurse is designing a client teaching session for a hypertensive client who has just been placed on antihypertensive medication. He tells the nurse that he typically drinks two glasses of wine each night
The best reply by the nurse is "Alcohol should not be taken with antihypertensives because the combination may:
a. increase the hypertensive state."
b. increase the hypotensive state."
c. lead to renal failure."
d. lead to a toxic level of the medication."
ANS: B
Both antihypertensives and alcohol decrease BP and may potentiate each other.
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