The nurse is caring for a 35-year-old woman taking a beta-hydroxy-beta-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitor to lower serum lipid levels
When teaching this patient about her medications what priority teaching point will the nurse include in the teaching plan? A) Need for frequent ophthalmic examinations
B) Information about a cholesterol-lowering diet
C) Use of barrier contraceptives
D) Calling her doctor with any respiratory symptoms
C
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It is important to teach a woman of childbearing age taking HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors to use barrier contraceptives because there is a risk of severe fetal abnormalities associated with these drugs if taken during pregnancy. She should have routine ophthalmic examinations but does not need more frequent examinations. Cholesterol lowering diet should have been initiated before beginning medications to lower lipid levels. There are no associated respiratory risks with these medications so she would call the doctor with respiratory symptoms as she normally would.
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