In this blog post, we will discuss six reasons why patients may delay starting lipid-lowering therapy in the hospital. These include: medication side effects, difficulty remembering to take medication as prescribed, and even forgetting which pills they are supposed to be taking. We’ll also cover some of the most common medications that can cause significant lipid lowering and how nurses should handle these situations with clients. Before discharge, which instruction should a nurse give to a client receiving digoxin? The medication side effects of digoxin can be managed by the use of supporting drugs. The most common one is acetylcholinesterase inhibitor donepezil hydrochloride (Aricept) and nicotinic acid or niacin alone or in combination with other agents. Side effects are minimized when patients start these medications at home before discharge. It has been shown that episodes of renal failure may occur more often in those who have had previous exposure to ACE inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers, β-blockers including propranolol (Inderal), calcium channel blockers such as verapamil (Calan) and
