The patient is scheduled to begin treatment with ergonovine maleate (ergotrate maleate). An un-derlying condition that would cause the health care provider to select a different drug for the pa-tient is:
a. Depression
b. Syncopal episodes
c. Hypertension
d. Morbid obesity
ANS: C
Use of ergot alkaloids is contraindicated in patients with underlying hypertension owing to in-stances of cerebrovascular accidents, seizures, and severe arrhythmias.
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