The client has been ordered treatment with Gantanol. The highest priority instruction to provide this client is:
a. to take on an empty stomach.
b. to increase fluid intake to at least 2 L daily.
c. to take with meals.
d. it may produce bloody diarrhea.
ANS: B
The client who is being treated with Gantanol should increase his or her fluid intake to at least 2 L daily.
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