A client admitted for acute alcohol intoxication begins to experience mild sweating, tachycardia, fever, and nausea and vomiting. Of the following, the drug treatment of choice would be what?
A) Librium
B) Haldol
C) Tegretol
D) Paxil
Ans: A
Librium would be the drug of choice to manage alcohol withdrawal.
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