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Title: An African-American patient is taking captopril (Capoten) 25 mg twice daily. When performing a ...
Post by: azt3cqu33n on Jan 25, 2018
An African-American patient is taking captopril (Capoten) 25 mg twice daily. When performing a physical examination, the primary care nurse practitioner (NP) learns that the patient continues to have blood pressure readings of 135/90 mm Hg.
 
  The NP should: a. increase the captopril dose to 50 mg twice daily.
  b. add a thiazide diuretic to this patient's regimen.
  c. change the drug to losartan (Cozaar) 50 mg once daily.
  d. recommend a low-sodium diet in addition to the medication.


Title: An African-American patient is taking captopril (Capoten) 25 mg twice daily. When performing a ...
Post by: zlively58 on Jan 25, 2018
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