Treated for colorectal cancer

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The nurse is providing care to a patient who is being treated for colorectal cancer and who typically takes sustained-release morphine (MS Contin), furosemide (Lasix), and metoprolol (Lopressor). The patient's wife reports that the patient has had bad mouth sores since chemotherapy last week, and has had a hard time swallowing pills; as a result, she has crushed the pills and given him his medications in ice cream. The best statement by the nurse is 1 point "Giving the blood pressure medications with milk products reduces their absorption." "I'm sure it has been hard for him to swallow. Has he lost any weight?" "The morphine tablets shouldn't be crushed since that releases all of the medication at once." "We usually tell people with mouth sores to suck on ice or popsicles before they try to swallow pills."

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