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A Patient with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Is to Begin Treatment

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A patient with multiple sclerosis (MS) is to begin treatment with glatiramer acetate (Copaxone) . In planning the patient teaching necessary with the use of the drug, the nurse recognizes that the patient will need to be taught


A) how to draw up and administer injections of the medication.
B) use of contraceptive methods other than oral contraceptives for birth control.
C) to plan laboratory monitoring of CBC, chemistries, and liver function every 3 months.
D) that the drug will control symptoms but has no effect on the progression of the disease.

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