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Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783 Exercise 13
Amitriptyline (Elavil) is prescribed for a patient with chronic pain from fibromyalgia.When the nurse explains that this drug is an antidepressant, the patient states that she is in pain, not depressed.What is the nurse's best response to the patient?
A) Antidepressants will improve the patient's attitude and prevent a negative emotional response to the pain.
B) Chronic pain almost always leads to depression, and the use of this drug will prevent depression from occurring.
C) Some antidepressant drugs relieve pain by releasing neurotransmitters that prevent pain impulses from reaching the brain.
D) Certain antidepressant drugs are metabolized in the liver to substances that numb the ends of nerve fibers, preventing the onset of pain.
A) Antidepressants will improve the patient's attitude and prevent a negative emotional response to the pain.
B) Chronic pain almost always leads to depression, and the use of this drug will prevent depression from occurring.
C) Some antidepressant drugs relieve pain by releasing neurotransmitters that prevent pain impulses from reaching the brain.
D) Certain antidepressant drugs are metabolized in the liver to substances that numb the ends of nerve fibers, preventing the onset of pain.
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C. Several antidepressants affect the mo...
Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
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