Patient teaching for a patient beginning an anticholinergic drug should include
a. limiting fluid intake to 1000 ml/day.
b. limiting strenuous activity on hot days.
c. eating small, frequent meals to decrease nausea.
d. wearing adequate clothing to prevent hypothermia.
B
An anticholinergic side effect is decreased sweating. Sweating produces body cooling through evaporation. Heat stroke is a greater possibility when the body cannot cool itself. The other options have no particular relevance to anticholinergic therapy.
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