A nurse is providing medication education to a patient who just started taking ibuprofen, a nonselective nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug (NSAID). Which statement made by the nurse best indicates how ibuprofen works?
a. "Ibuprofen helps to remove factors that cause or stimulate pain."
b. "Ibuprofen reduces anxiety, which will help you better cope with your pain."
c. "Ibuprofen helps to decrease the production of prostaglandins."
d. "Ibuprofen binds with opiate receptors to reduce your pain."
ANS: C
NSAIDs like ibuprofen most likely work by decreasing the synthesis of prostaglandins to inhibit cellular responses to inflammation. Ibuprofen does not remove factors that cause pain, nor does it enhance coping with pain. Opioids bind with opiate receptors to modify perceptions of pain.
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