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Dantrolene is prescribed for a client with spinal cord injury for discomfort caused by spasticity. which finding would alert the nurse to a potential adverse effect associated with this medication?

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The nurse would be alerted to any potential adverse effect associated with Dantrolene by the liver function tests. This medicine is used to manage and control hypermetabolism of the skeletal muscle. This occurs from the condition malignant hyperthermia. 
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