A nurse is conducting an assessment of an older adult in a geriatric clinic. The patient states that he drinks two to three alcoholic beverages daily. The patient has multiple chronic comorbid con-ditions and is on five different medications
Which of the following medications is the nurse concerned will interact with the alcohol? (Select all that apply.)
a. Naproxen for pain
b. Daily multivitamin
c. Prozac for depression
d. Celebrex for arthritis
e. Toprol XL for hypertension
ANS: A, C
Classifications of medications that interact with alcohol include NSAIDs and antidepressants. There is no evidence that multivitamins, cyclooxygenase-2 (COX II) inhibitors, or beta-blockers interact with alcohol.
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