The nurse is teaching the client with Alzheimer's disease and his wife about rivastigmine. The wife asks the nurse when her husband's dose can be increased. The nurse responds:
a. no more often than every week. c. it should not need to be increased.
b. no more often than every two weeks d. no more often than every four weeks.
ANS: B
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A Incorrect: This is too frequently.
B Correct: Every two weeks is the minimal interval for increasing the dose of this drug.
C Incorrect: Although it may not need to be increased, usually increases are necessary.
D Incorrect: This is the time frame for galantamine HBr.
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