A Patient with Hyperthyroidism Has Been Reading About PTU on the Internet.The

question 9

Multiple Choice

A patient with hyperthyroidism has been reading about PTU on the internet.The patient asks the nurse, "How do anti-hormones work to help my condition?" Which is the nurse's best response?

• A)"Your body has been affected by too much thyroid hormone.PTU is a drug that can block your body's response to thyroid hormone."
• B)"PTU regenerates your thyroid gland and causes normal tissue to regrow, so the effects of too much thyroid will go away."
• C)"Anti-hormones oppose the action of estrogen, which allows thyroid to regain its effectiveness."
• D)"PTU replaces your abnormal thyroid hormone with normal thyroid hormone."

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