Portage learning Nurs 251 pharmacology Module 1

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A patient recently started taking a new medication; he mentions to his doctor at his next appointment that he has noticed his mouth is dry since starting the medication. He also mentions that this is ... not a problem, and he has managed it by increasing the amount of water he is drinking. What drug effect best describes the dry mouth this patient is experiencing? Discontinuing drug therapy is always the best course of action whenever a patient experiences a harmful adverse event. • True • False When a drug binds to a cell exerting its effect leading to a decrease in that cell’s physiologic response that drug is acting as an agonist. • True • False ........................................CONTINUED................................................ [Show More]

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