Chapter 7, Problem 2CTPQ

Summary Introduction

To answer:

A patient tells the clinic nurse that he has been taking a "blood thinner" for several months and wants to ask about taking garlic capsules to reduce his blood pressure. He says his sister uses it and it "works wonders." He also says, "I think it would be safe because I can buy it at the drug store. They wouldn't sell harmful drugs." What is the nurse's best response? (You may need to look up the drug warfarin and the herbal product elsewhere in the textbook.)

OTC (Over the Counter drugs) are the drugs which can be sold and available easily in the medical store without any medical prescription. Those drugs don’t possess much health risk or hazardous effect to the users generally. Herbal products are the plant-derived products which are used by the consumers based on traditional medical knowledge.