While Investigating the Medications Taken by a Client in the Hospital

question 26

Multiple Choice

While investigating the medications taken by a client in the hospital, the student nurse understands that Zosyn (piperacillin/tazobactam) has an extended spectrum compared to other penicillins for which of the following reasons?

• A) Neither drug is able to cross the placenta well.
• B) Tazobactam inhibits an enzyme that destroys penicillins.
• C) The half-life of the combined drugs is over 6 hr.
• D) Pipercillin is highly metabolized with less than 10% excreted in an unchanged form.

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