A client is being treated for moderate hypertension and has been taking diltiazem for several months. The client schedules an ap
pointment with the primary health care provider because of episodes of chest pain, and Prinzmetal's angina is diagnosed. The client asks the nurse which therapeutic effects the medication will provide, and the nurse provides education. Which statement by the client indicates that the teaching has been effective?
The client would understad that the medication would help:
- <u>By reducing the chest pain, preventing the entrance of calcum ions in vascular smooth muscles. </u>
Explanation:
Prinzmetal´s angina is a desease that affects the heart vessel, increasing it the coronary vascular tone which creates chest pain.
The medicine used for this disease, is calcium channel blockers, they help because they produce vasodilatation, the angina is the opposite of this, it normally increases vasomotion which causes pain.
