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A client has been prescribed a corticosteroid eye drop and is fearful of taking any medications that will be absorbed into her body. How does the health care practitioner respond?

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Answer:

Reassure that eye drops are only absorbed into the eye region and not into the general body circulation

Step-by-step explanation:

Topical medications are not absorbed into the general body system but only to the part of the body applied

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