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K.C. is a 60-year-old African-American man who has been recently diagnosed with essential hypertension. His blood pressure readings before medication therapy had been between 160/110 and 150/104 mm Hg. The nurse is seeing K.C. today for a follow-up blood pressure reading after the patient has been taking hydrochlorothiazide (HydroDIURIL) and diltiazem (Cardizem). His blood pressure is 128/92 mm Hg. The patient asks the nurse about a combination pill that his friend takes called Zestoretic (lisinopril and hydrochlorothiazide). He says, “I want my doctor to switch me to that drug so that I will only have to take one pill.”

1. What is one concern that the nurse may have regarding a switch to Zestoretic in this patient?

2. Why might ethnicity also have an effect on drug toxicity?

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