A client with bipolar disorder and alcohol use disorder is stabilized on lithium. Which concern is MOST clinically significant when the client begins drinking heavily again?
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A
Alcohol increases lithium excretion, causing subtherapeutic levels
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B
Alcohol causes lithium toxicity by reducing renal clearance
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C
Alcohol has no pharmacokinetic interaction with lithium
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D
Alcohol blocks lithium absorption in the GI tract