The patient's health care provider prescribed dantrolene sodium (Dantrium) 25 mg daily for the ...

The patient's health care provider prescribed dantrolene sodium (Dantrium) 25 mg daily for the treatment of neck spasms secondary to spinal cord injury.
 
  The patient reports that the medication is not working, even though it has been 45 days since the medication was started. What changes in this patient's plan of care would the nurse anticipate?
  1. Increase in the dosage frequency to twice a day
  2. Discontinuation of the medication
  3. Increase in the frequency of hepatic function tests
  4. Change to a different medication
  5. Addition of succinylcholine (Anectine) to the patient's medications