When the patient complains, "If this viral infection I have right now can't be helped by antibiotics, why am I taking this expensive acyclovir?" How should the nurse respond?
a. "Acyclovir is an antiviral drug that kills viruses."
b. "Acyclovir is given to many patients with viral infections."
c. "Acyclovir is an antiviral drug that pre-vents your infection from becoming worse."
d. "Acyclovir helps strengthen your immune system."
C
The patient currently has a viral infection; acyclovir is an antiviral drug that will decrease the virulence of the infection if started in the early phase of the infection. The drug may not kill the virus and is not given frequently to patients with viruses. Acyclovir will not strengthen the im-mune system.
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