A client who is taking an oral narcotic for pain relief tells the nurse he is constipated. What is this common response to narcotics called?
A) Therapeutic effect
B) Adverse effect
C) Toxic effect
D) Idiosyncratic effect
Ans: B
Although therapeutic effect is the desired outcome of medication administration, sometimes adverse effects occur. Adverse effects (such as constipation from narcotics) often are predictable and can usually be tolerated. Toxic effects (toxicities) are specific groups of symptoms related to drug therapy that carry risk for permanent damage or death. An idiosyncratic effect(sometimes called paradoxical effect) is any unusual or peculiar response to a drug that may manifest itself by over-response, under-response, or even the opposite of the expected response.
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