The nurse teaches a patient with rheumatic disease who is being prescribed salicylate therapy to monitor herself for:
A) Tinnitus
B) Visual changes
C) Stomatitis
D) Hirsutism
Ans: A
Feedback: Tinnitus is associated with salicylate therapy. The DMARD category of antimalarials may cause visual changes, GI upset, skin rash, headaches, photosensitivity, and bleaching of hair. Stomatitis is associated with gold therapy, and hirsutism is associated with corticosteroid therapy.
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