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Patient had a recent seizure thought to be due to not taking their Xanax over a period of a few days. The individual apparently had a seizure history in the past, but this was not clear in the medical records. This patient ended up getting hospitalized due to the seizure. During hospitalization, it was noted […]
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I showed up to a facility mid afternoon and just caught the charge nurse as she was heading out early for the day. She asked me to take a look at this specific resident as she felt that her condition was declining and they were wondering if she still needed some of her medications. This […]
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I’m going to stay on the theme of medications that can be used for seizures. Tegretol or carbamazepine has multiple different uses(mood, seizures, certain types of pain etc) and multiple unique side effects that need to be monitored for. I will probably take a couple of nights to explain some of the weird features of […]
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