clar697
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A 55-year-old woman is treated with 500mg of drug X three times daily for cancer pain. She is pain-free, but she develops nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, requiring cessation of drug X. Drug Y is started at 20mg twice daily. She is pain-free, her appetite improves, and she gains weight. Which of the following best describes the maximal efficacy of these drugs?
A) Drug X is more efficacious than drug Y
B) Drug Y is more efficacious than drug X
C) Drugs X and Y are equally efficacious
I chose B. Efficacy: an acceptable therapeutic effect
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| romana.kanta
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B
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| 2cr8tive
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actually i think it's C ... they both cause a pain-free result which is what we want. they have different potency i believe.
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| hitesh
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C) Drugs X and Y are equally efficacious
The patient is pain free with both. Y is more potent than X
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| aml
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C as both have same response/effect.
Y is more potent than X
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| eddyheart
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Answer C
The efficacy of a drug is how good it is to solve the problem, no matter the dose and the side effects. In this case the problem is treat the pain. Any drug that is able to keep the patient pain free is efficacious.
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