Mercy hospital with seizure disorder

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The patient is a white veteran last seen as inpatient at Mercy hospital with a seizure disorder. According to his wife, he was intubated at that time and was in the hospital for a few days and then was given Dilantin. He was told that they do not know why he had the seizure. That was the third time he had the weakness seizure. He was not on any medication. He had CT scan and EEG's, which were negative. Possibly, he has cerebral atrophy from alcohol abuse. Current medications include small volume nebulizer treatment, Zantac 150 b.i.d., Zoloft 50 mg every day, potassium 10 mEq every day, Lasix 40 mg every day. He is not on any anti-seizure medication. He was given Prednisone in the tapering dosage. Now he is on 10 mg twice a day for five days. He is on Haldol, 4 mg twice a day. The patient denies any complaint except tiredness. The patient's wife has noticed that since the discharge, he has been doing fair, but is weak. Now, he has stopped smoking; he is on the patches. Right now, he is on a 7 mg patch and needs one more refill for the 7 mg.

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