A woman was diagnosed with necrotizing otitis externa and will soon begin a course of oral ciprofloxacin. When providing health education to this patient, the nurse should emphasize the need to temporarily avoid
A) calcium antacids.
B) fatty foods.
C) grapefruit juice.
D) foods containing purines.
A
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Patients should not take oral ciprofloxacin within 2 hours of eating dairy products, calcium-fortified juices, antacids, zinc, or iron. There is no specific need to avoid fatty foods, grapefruit juice, or high-purine foods.
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