After surgery,a patient expresses to the nurse the fear of becoming addicted to the opioid analgesic that has been prescribed for pain.What is the nurse's best response?
A) "Opioid-based drugs are not addictive."
B) "Have you or anyone in your family ever been addicted to drugs?"
C) "When opioid drugs are taken for acute pain, they are rarely addictive."
D) "If you take the medication no more frequently than every 4 hours, it is not possible for you to become addicted."
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