A client has been prescribed carbamazepine. What education should the nurse provide?
1. "This medication will stabilize your thyroid's influence on your bipolar disorder."
2. "This drug is in the class of antimania drugs."
3. "This medication is given to stabilize serotonin and dopamine."
4. "This medication will cure your bipolar disorder."
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Rationale 1: Carbamazepine has no effect on the thyroid.
Rationale 2: Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant.
Rationale 3: Stabilization of serotonin and dopamine is the desired effect of carbamazepine.
Rationale 4: There is no cure for bipolar disorder. The best result is control of symptoms.
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