Why Should Cimetidine Never Be Mixed with a Barbiturate When

question 5

Multiple Choice

Why should cimetidine never be mixed with a barbiturate when compounding an IV admixture?

• A) Both drugs will exhibit pharmacological antagonism with each other
• B) Cimetidine will precipitate out of solution
• C) Both drugs will exhibit pharmacological synergism with each other
• D) The barbiturate will precipitate out of solution

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