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A nurse is caring for an older adult client who has an allergy to sulfa, is taking calproic acid

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It should be safe to give the valproic acid.
Some drug that needs a high precaution for a patient which allergic to sulfa would be sulfisoxazole, sulfamethoxazole, sulfasalazine, dapson.
There are also some drugs that need to be monitored like furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide, or celecoxib
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