Pharma lipids lol chap 47

A nurse is aware of the high incidence and prevalence of hyperlipidemia and the consequent need for antihyperlipidemics. Treatment of high cholesterol using statins would be contraindicated in which client?

An obese male client who is a heavy alcohol user and who has cirrhosis of the liver

In addition to being synthesized in the liver and intestine, from where are blood lipids derived?

Diet

The nurse is caring for an obese client with hyperlipidemia, where diet modification has not helped the client to lose weight or control serum lipid levels. The client is currently taking a combination of medications, which has not helped to reduce the total cholesterol. What future therapy will most likely benefit this client?

Endocannabinoid blocker

A patient with hyperlipidemia is prescribed ezetimibe. Which ongoing assessment should the nurse perform during treatment?

Frequently monitor blood cholesterol.

After reviewing information about antihyperlipidemic drugs, a group of nursing students demonstrate understanding when they identify which medication as a fibric acid derivative (fibrate)?

Gemfibrozil

The pharmacology instructor is discussing medications used in the treatment of dyslipidemia. Which drug class would the instructor identify as the most widely used dyslipidemia drugs?

HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors

What is the most common reason for an elevated cholesterol level in a client who does not have a genetic disorder of lipid metabolism?

His dietary intake of saturated fat

HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) are classified as which pregnancy category?

Pregnancy Category X

What should the nurse review about an antihyperlipidemic medication with the client when completing discharge counseling? (Select all that apply.)

Reason for taking the prescribed drug Drug name Correct dose Frequency of administration Dosage form

What should the nurse suggest to assist a client to improve his cholesterol levels?

Smoking cessation

What information would be included in a lipoprotein profile? Select all that apply:

Total cholesterol Triglycerides LDL

A nurse is responsible for patient education for a 48-year-old woman who has been prescribed colestipol. The nurse will instruct the patient to take the medication

before a meal.

Which category of blood lipids is involved in the formation of atherosclerotic plaques?

cholesterol

The client has been taking rosuvastatin for hyperlipidemia. The client now presents with severe weakness and states barely being able to move the extremities. The nurse suspects the client has which?

rhabdomyolysis.