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A patient had a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and was on heparin and warfarin in the hospital and discharged home on warfarin. She asks her primary care nurse practitioner (NP) why she was getting both medications while in the hospital. The best response is to: 

Metformin is a primary choice of drug to treat hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes because it: 

Postmenopausal women with an intact uterus should not be prescribed: 

Prophylactic use of bisphosphonates is recommended for patients with advancing osteopenia related to long-term use of which of the following drugs? 

Monitoring for a patient taking iron to treat iron deficiency anemia includes: 

Why must steroids be tapered after long-term use? 

A 72-year-old patient takes omeprazole for their chronic GERD. Chronic long-term omeprazole use places them at increased risk for: 

Tuberculin purified protein derivative: 

The next step in treatment when a patient has been on PPIs twice daily for 12 weeks and is not improving is: 

In addition to methimazole, a symptomatic patient with hyperthyroidism may need which additional class of medication?