Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam Practice Questions Practice Question
Due to the possibility of therapeutic duplication,a pharmacist should be alerted if a patient who currently takes pantoprazole presents a prescription for:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Therapeutic duplication occurs when two medications with similar effects are prescribed, potentially leading to increased side effects or reduced efficacy. Pantoprazole is a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) used to reduce stomach acid.
Option C, Nexium, is also a PPI, and prescribing it alongside pantoprazole could lead to therapeutic duplication, increasing the risk of adverse effects without added benefit.
Options A (Valium), B (Crestor), and D (Ultram) do not share the same therapeutic class or mechanism with pantoprazole, thus posing no risk of duplication.
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