Another Medication Question

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Was anyone else on the list prescribed Dilantin after

cardiac/respiratory arrest? When my husband had his heart attack in

1998, he was in the doctor's office. He repeatedly lost consciousness &

had mild seizures when his heart was in the " pre-arrest " mode. After an

hour of this, they finally called the paramedics. He " coded " as soon as

the paramedics arrived, and was rushed to the hospital, and was in a

coma for several days. Among the medications they put him on, was

DILANTIN. He was left on this med; he, of course, had memory problems

due to anoxia, and it was aggravated by the Dilantin. Also, he developed

extremely severe tremors; after a year, his neurologist took him off the

Dilantin...and lo and behold, that was what had been causing the

tremors. I don't understand why he was given Dilantin, when the

seizures were caused by the cardiac condition. Any comments on this?

Thanks again. Pat Pulasky