In 2007,carbamazepine Became the First Mainstream Medication to Carry a Recommendation

question 10

Multiple Choice

In 2007,carbamazepine became the first mainstream medication to carry a recommendation by the Food and Drug Administration that patients of Asian descent be tested for the HLA-B*1502 gene before starting drug therapy.Asian patients are almost exclusively carriers of this gene,and if placed on carbamazepine,might develop Stevens-Johnson syndrome.What is the most significant outcome of this recommendation?

• A) It will provide for early detection of Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
• B) It will give practitioners the ability to make decisions about medications for patients based on their ethnicity and/or race.
• C) It will provide a cure for Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
• D) It will guide genetically based nursing care.

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