Reference no: EM133579515

Lames Nelson is a 83-year-old male who presents to the clinic with a complaint of constipation. He's only going to the bathroom twice a week and has to strain during at least one of the bowel movements. He reports some bright red blood on the tissue when he wipes.

Questions

1. What is the Rome IV criteria and how does it apply to your patient?
2. Following Patient-Centered Care Across the Life Span, which medication did you choose and why was it the best choice? What was the mechanism of action that made it a good choice for the patient? Provide a rationale that includes the guidelines you followed. Make sure your medication is written in script format.
3. Discuss specific patient education based on the prescribed therapy. Give 5-10 individual items that you are going to explain to the patient about the medication, goal of therapy, common side effects, lifestyle modifications, etc.
4. List a minimum of one MAJOR adverse reaction for the selected agent that would cause you to change therapy.
5. Describe two MAJOR drug-drug or drug-food interactions for the selected agent.