A 62-year-old female client was titrated on her blood pressure medication over the past eight weeks. She is currently taking half the amount of medication originally prescribed. She asks the nurse if she can score her tablets in half. How should the nurse respond?
a. It is acceptable to break the tablets in half as long as they are scored down the middle.
b. Do not cut any tablets in half.
c. You can cut them into any portion size.
d. Do not cut the tablet; instead, take the medicine every other day.
a. It is acceptable to break the tablets in half as long as they are scored down the middle.
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a. It is acceptable to break the tablet in half as long as the tablet is scored in half or in quarters. The scoring is made to enhance equal distribution of the drug if it is broken.
b. It is only acceptable to cut scored tablets. This guarantees the equal amount of drug distribution in each section of the tablet.
c. Cutting tablets does not ensure equal drug distribution if it is not scored.
d. Taking a medication every other day when it is not prescribed to do so will promote inconsistency of a therapeutic drug response.
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