An Older Patient Stopped Taking Prescribed Antihypertensive Medications Because It

An older patient stopped taking prescribed antihypertensive medications because it caused constipation. How should the nurse respond to this patient?

A) "You know that you have to take the blood pressure medicine no matter how you feel."
B) "Constipation is a problem with that medication. What did you try to help relieve the constipation while you were taking is?"
C) "I told you that you could get a little constipated. You can't quit taking a blood pressure medication without first telling the doctor."
D) "There are many different kinds of blood pressure medicines. You could have just called the office and we would have called in a prescription for something else."