NPTE Medications Side Effects
NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy
Kyle Rice
4.9 • 631 Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Lionel has a past medical history of hypertension and has been referred to physical therapy for generalized fatigue and reduced exercise tolerance. During the session, the therapist notes mild bilateral lower extremity edema. Which of the following medications is MOST likely contributing to these findings?
A) Lisinopril
B) Furosemide
C) Amlodipine
D) Metoprolol
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Kyle Rice, awful test taker turned physical therapists and standardized test coach for over 5,000 physical therapists worldwide. |
| 0:08.0 | It wasn't that long ago that I struggle with anxiety, lack of confidence, and the fear of failing the NPTE. |
| 0:15.0 | Fast forward through the challenges, the 13 standardized test failures, and many lessons learn. And you'll see the life I |
| 0:22.5 | have today, a life filled with love, financial freedom, and a dream job that allows me to |
| 0:27.7 | change lives every single day. I created the NPTE Clinical Files podcast to give you simple, |
| 0:34.3 | actionable strategies, along with a step-by-step walkthrough of NPTE-based questions. |
| 0:40.4 | All of this so that you can dominate your exam like I did and achieve your dream. |
| 0:45.4 | So if you're a driven PT student who's looking to pass the NPTE and start creating a life you love, |
| 0:51.5 | you're in the right place. |
| 0:53.0 | Enjoy the show. |
| 0:56.6 | For this week's clinical file, we have Lionel, and Lionel has a past medical history of hypertension and has been |
| 1:02.2 | referred to physical therapy for generalized fatigue and reduce exercise tolerance. During the session, |
| 1:09.3 | the therapist notes mild bilateral lower extremity edema, |
| 1:12.9 | which of the following medications is most likely contributing to these findings? So we have A, |
| 1:19.0 | lysinepril, B, ferocomide, C, amylopine, and D is metoprolol. All right, Let's go to the top of this question. This is a good one. |
| 1:31.0 | We got the NPTE coming up. I am super excited about 2026 and guess what? Medications do show up. |
| 1:39.4 | So that's the reason why I want to drop this question today. And I know some of y'all may be, I want to turn you off, |
| 1:45.8 | Coach K, I hate meds, but we got to know this stuff for the MPTE, and that's why I want to hit it. |
| 1:52.3 | All right? So I'm going to give you some stuff to utilize so you can get this type of question right |
| 1:56.9 | on the exam. Let's go ahead and knock it out. We have Lionel has a past medical history |
| 2:03.1 | of hypertension and has been referred to physical therapy for generalized fatigue and reduce |
| 2:09.7 | exercise tolerance. So just making sure that we're comprehending that first sentence. We know that |
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