The male client diagnosed with chronic migraine headaches, who has taken medications daily for years to prevent a migraine from occurring, tells the clinic nurse that now he has a headache “all the time, no matter what I take.” Which situation should the nurse suspect is occurring?
1. The client has developed a resistance to pain medication.
2. The client is addicted and wants to get an increase in narcotics prescribed.
3. The client has developed medication overuse headaches.
4. The client may have a complication of therapy and has a brain tumor
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