When a patient for whom haloperidol has been prescribed tells the nurse,"I'm burning up and my muscles are stiff and sore," the nurse suspects neuromuscular malignant syndrome and recognizes the possibility that the physician may order:

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Dantrolene,a direct-acting skeletal muscle relaxant,is a drug often used to treat NMS.The other drugs mentioned would have no therapeutic effect on NMS.

When a Patient for Whom Haloperidol Has Been Prescribed Tells