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a 72-year-old man comes for a routine follow-up examination. He has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treated with aspirin. His blood pressure is 160/60, pulse is 70/min, res. are 12/min. Funduscopic examination show arteriovenous nicking. Pedal pulses are decreased bilaterally. Which of the following antihypertensive drugs is most likely to cause adverse effects in this patient?
a. alpha 2 adrenergic agonist
b. alpha adrenergic blocking agent
c. beta adrenergic blocking agent
d. ACEi
e. calcium blocking agent
f. loop-diuretic
g. thiazide diuretic
h. vasodilator
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| mazinger
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g? Not 100% sure but its the only one that I can think of...
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| MAZI
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the correct answer is C
ONE OF THE SIDE EFFECT OF B BLOCKER IS DETERIORATE PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
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| drk1980
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true, C......discussed very well in previous questions..
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| mazinger
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You are right I was thinking of thiazide diuretics as worsening peripheral vascular dzs. The reason the met imbalance they produce, but I guess that would take a prolonged period of time to do so...
You are right..
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