A Patient Comes to See You and You Diagnose Him

question 1

Multiple Choice

A patient comes to see you and you diagnose him with a peptic ulcer.You would like to prescribe short-term (one month) therapy with esomeprazole (Nexium) to give the ulcer the required time to heal.You also notice that this patient has a heart condition for which he is taking digoxin (Lanoxin) .Is it okay to continue with this therapy?

• A)No
• B)Yes
• C)Yes,but only if you lower the dose of digoxin
• D)Yes,but only if you raise the dose of esomeprazole

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Probable Origin

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