Comprehensive Nursing Pharmacology Q 174

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A nurse is giving instructions to a client who is receiving mycophenolate mofetil (CellCept) and mycophenolic acid (Myfortic) after undergoing a heart transplant. The nurse tells the client to anticipate the following side effects, except?

  

     A. Hypersomnia.

     B. Vomiting.

     C. Hypertension.

     D. Diarrhea.

    

    

Correct Answer: A. Hypersomnia.

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Mycophenolate mofetil and mycophenolic acid are a potent immunosuppressive drug that is used as a part of standard immunosuppressive therapy to prevent the body from rejecting an organ transplant. These medications can cause diarrhea, vomiting, sepsis, back pain, neutropenia, hypertension, and insomnia.

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