Your patient is a 56-year-old man with chest pain. Medical control orders you to assist the patient with his prescribed nitroglycerin. The patient later tells you that the palms of his hands itch. His vital signs, however, remain stable. This peculiar effect of the drug is referred to as a/an:
A. side effect.
B. therapeutic effect.
C. allergic reaction.
D. idiosyncratic reaction.
Ans: D. idiosyncratic reaction
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