NABP Exam NAPLEX Topic 2 Question 46 Discussion

Actual exam question for NABP's NAPLEX exam

Question #: 46
Topic #: 2

A 51-year-old patient, who takes a calcium channel blocker (CCB), reports that he is experiencing constipation. Which CCB is the patient most likely to be taking?

ANifedipine

BAmlodipine

CVerapamil

DDiltiazem

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Suggested Answer: C

Non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers -- which are diltiazem and verapamil -- are statistically more likely to cause constipation. Of these two, verapamil has a higher probability of causing this side effect.

by Salome at May 30, 2022, 03:21 AM

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