A nurse is working with a client who is prescribed a second-generation neuroleptic medication and gains 40 pounds. The nurse knows that this weight gain may be a factor in the:
a. exacerbation of sleep apnea commonly observed with long-term use of these drugs
b. occurrence of obsessive-compulsive symptoms with long-term use of these drugs
c. lack of improvement in "negative" symptoms, even after long-term use of these drugs
d. development of diabetes that sometimes accompanies long-term use of these drugs
D
Weight gain is common with second-generation drugs, and gains of 40 pounds are not unusual. It is perhaps because of this weight gain that diabetes sometimes accompanies long-term use of the second-generation medications, and diabetic ketoacidosis has been reported in some patients.
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