Prescription called sectral-acebutolol for her hypertension

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After consulting with her physician, Betty Black is given a prescription called Sectral (acebutolol) for her hypertension. Betty did not ask her doctor any questions about her new medication because she was worried about her newly discovered high blood pressure. After leaving her physician's office, Mrs. Black went to her local pharmacy. The pharmacist asks if she would prefer the generic form because it is less expensive than the prescribed brand name. Betty agrees to use the generic form of Sectral called acebutolol. Before checking out at the register, Betty is asked if she would like to be educated about her new medication. The pharmacy tech explains that if she declines counseling from the pharmacist that she will have to place a checkmark in the decline box and sign her name that she declined any further advice. Being new to this drug and feeling overwhelmed, she opts for the counseling. Betty is taken to a small room where nobody can overhear her case, which would be a violation of HIPAA. The pharmacist explains that her new medicine is a beta blocker that will help lower her high blood pressure. This drug class is used to decrease the heart rate and.

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