The mechanism of action for drugs such as propylthiouracil and methimazole is to:

Prolonged tonic contractions of the tongue, oculogyric crisis, and torticollis are examples of:

A medication used to control seizures or prevent migraine headaches is:

A teaching plan for a patient with Parkinson’s disease who is on levodopa should emphasize that the drug is most effective when taken:

In implementation terms, an entity is existence-dependent if it has a mandatory primary key.

A postoperative patient is receiving morphine sulfate via PCA; the nurse observes her respiratory rate to be 6 per minute, shallow, and very irregular. The nurse should:

The pharmacologic action of entacapone, a potent COMT inhibitor, is to:

In teaching a patient about therapy with an azapirone antidepressant, the nurse should include caution about the:

The mechanisms of action for drugs used to treat thromboembolic disease are:

A patient is taking amiodarone for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and begins to complain of dizziness. The nurse should instruct the patient to: