Posted on February 23, 2010.
Your patient with normocytic anemia and chronic renal failure is prescribed Epogen (epoetin alfa).? During treatment, for which the following side effects do you rate?
A. Dizziness
B. numbness and tingling of the hands and feet
C. High blood pressure
abnormal facial movements and D. branch
C: increased blood pressure.
In a study of 300 patients with chronic renal failure, 24% of those taking Epogen suffered from hypertension (high blood pressure).
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