The patient was instructed in m
yelogram
to lower the bed to the horizontal position to dism
iss a headache. The patient was advised to take m
ild analgesics for insistent pain
. The patient was recom
m
ended not to take phenothiazines for nausea and vom
iting because these agents can increase sym
ptom
s of toxicity. The patient was recom
m
ended in the need to increase fluid drinking to im
prove defecation of the dye and to substitute cerebrospinal fluid.