The family brings a patient to the emergency department saying he has been hallucinating and falls so deeply asleep he stops breathing when not stimulated
The nurse learns the patient has been self-treating diarrhea and suspects the patient was taking what medication? A) Paregoric
B) Bismuth subsalicylate
C) Loperamide
D) Colace
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Opium derivatives, like paregoric, are associated with light-headedness, sedation, euphoria, hallucinations, and respiratory depression related to their effect on opioid receptors. Nonopioids such as bismuth subsalicylate and loperamide would not cause respiratory depression. Colace is a stool softener, not an antidiarrheal.
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