A client is admitted to the emergency department with high blood pressure. The health care provider orders a diuretic and tells the client this medication will lower the blood pressure by decreasing intravascular fluid volume
What does this description address?
1. The drug's mechanism of action
2. The drug's pharmacologic classification
3. How the drug produces its effects in the body
4. The drug's therapeutic classification
5. What condition is being treated by the drug
Correct Answer: 1,2,3
Rationale 1: Mechanism of action describes how a drug produces its effects in the bodyÂ?in this case, how it lowers blood pressure.
Rationale 2: The pharmacologic classification describes how a drug produces its effects in the bodyÂ?in this case, how it lowers blood pressure.
Rationale 3: The diuretic lowers blood pressure by lowering fluid volume in the vasculature.
Rationale 4: The therapeutic classification states what condition the drug is used to treat.
Rationale 5: A drug's therapeutic classification states what condition the drug is used to treat.
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