A Patient Is Taking Aspirin to Help Prevent Myocardial Infarction

question 2

Multiple Choice

A patient is taking aspirin to help prevent myocardial infarction and is experiencing moderate gastrointestinal upset.The nurse will contact the patient's provider to discuss changing from aspirin to which drug?

• A) A COX-2 inhibitor
• B) Celecoxib (Celebrex)
• C) Enteric-coated aspirin
• D) Nabumetone (Relafen)

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