A Depressed Patient Is Being Seen in the Clinic and Started

question 16

Multiple Choice

A depressed patient is being seen in the clinic and started a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) last week.She tells the nurse that she has some pills that she previously took for depression and that they are called MAOIs.She tells the nurse she thinks she should start taking them right now instead of her current medication,which isn't seeming to help her.The most important information the nurse should convey is:

• A) the need to have her blood pressure carefully monitored on MAOIs.
• B) that the SSRI antidepressant will be more effective as the weeks go by.
• C) the dietary restrictions required to take MAOIs antidepressants.
• D) the risk of a serious reaction if she begins the MAOIs on her own.

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