Clients who are taking lithium must monitor their water and salt intake because
1. lithium competes with water in the body.
2. large amounts of water concentrate lithium in the blood.
3. lithium is excreted by the kidneys more rapidly than sodium.
4. sodium is excreted by the kidneys more rapidly than lithium.
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The kidneys excrete lithium more rapidly than sodium.
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