A client taking anticonvulsants for epilepsy should receive which instruction from the nurse?
a. "The medication is usually taken for a lifetime."
b. "The medication is taken until you are seizure-free."
c. "Seizures are unpredictable, and therefore so is the drug regimen."
d. "Seizure disorders may be cured with anticonvulsants."
ANS: A
Epilepsy usually requires a lifelong regimen of anticonvulsant medications.
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