The nurse teaches a patient with rheumatic disease who is being prescribed salicylate therapy to monitor himself or herself for what?
A) Tinnitus
B) Visual changes
C) Stomatitis
D) Hirsutism
A
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Tinnitus is associated with salicylates. The disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) category of antimalarials may cause visual changes, GI upset, skin rash, headaches, photosensitivity, and bleaching of hair. Eighth cranial nerve damage and stomatitis are associated with gold therapy. Hirsutism is associated with corticosteroid therapy.
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