Comprehensive Nursing Pharmacology Q 147

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A nurse is providing instructions to a client receiving baclofen (Lioresal). Which of the following would be included in the teaching plan?

  

     A. Limit fluid intake.

     B. Hold the medication if diarrhea occurs.

     C. Restrict alcohol intake.

     D. Notify the physician if weakness occurs.

    

    

Correct Answer: C. Restrict alcohol intake.

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Baclofen is a skeletal muscle relaxant. The client should be cautioned against the use of alcohol and other central nervous system depressants because baclofen potentiates the depressant activity of these agents.

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Option A: Limiting fluid intake is not necessary, but the client should be warned that urinary retention occurs.

Option B: Constipation rather than diarrhea is a side effect.

Option D: Weakness is related to a CNS effect that is prevalent during the early phase of the treatment and diminishes with continued medication use.

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