Question

a nurse is teaching a client about the use of beclomethasone to treat asthma. the nurse should explain that the medication has which of the following therapeutic effects? thins mucus relaxes bronchial smooth muscle decreases inflammation increases the cough threshold

Explanation:

Beclomethasone is an inhaled corticosteroid, a class of asthma medications whose primary therapeutic action is to reduce airway inflammation by suppressing inflammatory mediators and immune cell activity in the respiratory tract. Thinning mucus is an effect of mucolytics, relaxing bronchial smooth muscle is the action of bronchodilators (like beta-agonists), and increasing cough threshold is not a key effect of this medication.

Answer:

Decreases inflammation