Dr Avery Has to Prescribe a Syrupy Medication for One

question 83

Multiple Choice

Dr. Avery has to prescribe a syrupy medication for one of her elderly patients. She has two choices, one that smells bad but tastes good, or one that smells good but tastes bad. Since her patient is 75-years-old, and assuming she wants to prescribe the medicine that is most tolerable, which medicine should she prescribe?

• A) the one that smells bad
• B) the one that tastes bad
• C) either one, because the elderly have little or no sense of taste or smell
• D) for a male patient, the one that tastes bad; for a female patient, the one that smells bad

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