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You are meeting with a woman who is planning to get pregnant. As part of your initial assessment, the woman lists all the medications that she is currently taking. This list reveals that the woman is taking insulin for diabetes and Accutane for acne. What would you recommend to this woman?
  1. Recommend that she speak to her doctor about stopping the insulin and taking another medication.
  2. Recommend that she stop the Accutane before getting pregnant because it leads to birth defects.
  3. Recommend that the woman stop the insulin before getting pregnant because it leads to birth defects.
  4. Recommend that she stop the Accutane before getting pregnant because it leads to morning sickness.
Explanation
Answer: B - You would recommend that the woman stop the Accutane before getting pregnant because it leads to serious birth defects. The Federal Food and Drug Administration has given Accutane a pregnancy rating of X which means that it should not, under any circumstances, be used during pregnancy.
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