The nurse is completing a medication history for a client diagnosed with bipolar. When assessing the medications, which medication classification is noted as an adjunct to lithium therapy?
A) Antidiabetics
B) Antihypertensives
C) Anticonvulsants
D) Antianginals
C
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Anticonvulsant therapy may be coprescribed for a brief period to sedate the client and relieve bizarre thought processes faster than monotherapy with lithium. Anticonvulsants enhance the action of GABA in much the same way that benzodiazepines reduce anxiety and they are believed to inhibit glutamate.
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