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A 64-year-old man presents to his doctor with aching, burning pain after meals. He had been self-medicating for several months with antacids, but he found this to be increasingly ineffective. His physician decides to take him off the antacids and instead places him on a combination of ranitidine and sucralfate. Why is this combination a bad idea?
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A. Ranitidine increases the toxicity of sucralfate
B. Ranitidine inhibits the action of sucralfate
C. Sucralfate and ranitidine coprecipitate
D. Sucralfate increases the toxicity of ranitidine
E. Sucralfate inhibits the action of ranitidine
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| suv
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sucralfate forms a protective mucosal coating and thus inhibits the action of ranitidine
so E
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| star1
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B is correct.. sucralfate require an acid enviourment for action...
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| Ivil
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Agree with star1. Its is B
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| suv
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thanks a lot for the correction
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| drpkaur
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B..
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| robin082006
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B, this is qbank q
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