Which disease condition would make the patient most sensitive to the epinephrine in the local anesthetic?
Grave’s disease
Diabetes
HIV
Alcoholism
Schizophrenia
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Grave’s disease is an autoimmune disease that causes hyperthyroidism – the resulting high levels of circulating thyroid hormone result in a hypermetabolic state with heightened sympathetic activity, which combined with injected epinephrine could result in a hypertensive crisis.
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