Sepsis SIRS Bacteremia Question 16 1 / 1 pts A patient presents to the physician’s office. This patient, Mr. Lu was seen 2 weeks ago and diagnosed with hypertension. He was prescribed an alpha-blocker, Prazosin. Mr. Lu had the prescription filled the same day he was in the office 2 weeks ago; he began taking it as prescribed the next morning. Two days later until now, Mr. Lu reports having a headache and feeling overall weakness. He reports the headache is about a 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 be the worst, and the weakness is about a 2 on that same scale. The patient has brought in the bottle of Prazosin, and it was verified that it was filled correctly and patient states he took it as directed. Known side effects of this medication include nausea, weakness, tiredness, and headaches. Mr. Lu is instructed to stop taking this medication. He is given a prescription for Cardizem which he will begin to take in 2 days. He is to come to office next week for a blood pressure check. His blood pressure today was 150/83. Patient also has a history of colon polyps and family history of diabetes as noted in his record.
