The client with a history of spinal cord injury is beginning medication therapy with baclofen (Lioresal). The nurse determines that the client understands the side effects of the medication if the client states which of the following?
1. "The medication may make me drowsy."
2. "The medication can cause high blood pressure."
3. "The medication may increase my sensitivity to bright light."
4. "The medication may cause me to have some muscle pain."
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Rationale: Baclofen is a central-acting skeletal muscle relaxant useful in treating muscle spasticity usually in upper motor neuron injury. Side effects include drowsiness, dizziness, weakness, and nausea. Occasional side effects include headache, paresthesias of the hands and feet, constipation or diarrhea, anorexia, hypotension, confusion, and nasal congestion. The other options are incorrect.
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