A client with acute muscle spasms has been taking baclofen. The client calls the clinic nurse because of continuous feelings of weakness and fatigue and asks the nurse about discontinuing the...

A client with acute muscle spasms has been taking baclofen. The client calls the clinic nurse because of continuous feelings of weakness and fatigue and asks the nurse about discontinuing the medication. The nurse should make which appropriate response to the client?

1. “You should never stop the medication.” 2. “It is best that you taper the dose if you intend to stop the medication.” 3. “It is okay to stop the medication if you think that you can tolerate the muscle spasms.” 4. “Weakness and fatigue commonly occur and will diminish with continued medication use.”