While the patient is being treated with bismuth subsalicylate, the health care provider should en-sure that he not be concurrently treated with:
a. Ampicillin
b. Vancomycin
c. Acetaminophen
d. Tetracycline
ANS: D
Bismuth subsalicylate can decrease the absorption of tetracycline antibiotics.
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