Multiple Choice
Emma Wiseman is an 85-year-old widow and retired elementary school teacher. She lives alone and her closest relatives live about an hour away. She has a past medical history of breast cancer, hypertension, and osteoporosis. Emma currently takes six medications. She has been having difficulty opening her medication bottles and decided to put all of her pills into one container. After doing this she realizes that some of them look the same and she is unsure which medication she should take with her dinner. Emma should ____.
A) take any pill
B) contact her pharmacist
C) stop her medications
D) purchase OTC medications instead
Correct Answer:
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Correct Answer:
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