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So remember when I said yesterday I had a patient that said he drinks 1/2 a gallon of vodka per day? Well.. dude lied! We got his blood work back and

Posted by James Bond (aka Igor) (aka Igor) Aug 24 '11, 13:56

it had no trace of alcohol. Dude wanted us to think he will go through withdrawal so that we would give him some benzodiazepines.

Responses:

Patients always lie. -- nm - Dr. House Aug 24, 14:12
good grief - " that Vodka I said I drank? It's really air" -- nm - Epiphany Aug 24, 14:11 1
- Ha ha. -- nm - amanda Aug 24, 14:13
I had a guy once who's BAC was over 500. He was still concious and talking. -- nm - sycor Aug 24, 14:02
I thought it sounded weird. But I'm still wondering what prompted the visit in the first place. -- nm - mara Aug 24, 13:57 9
- drug addict. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 13:59
- It is a detox unit.. we will detox him from some pain drugs. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 24, 13:59 6
  - He came in voluntarily? -- nm - mara Aug 24, 14:00 5
    - yes -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 24, 14:01 4
      - Wow. -- nm - mara Aug 24, 14:03
      - it takes some balls to go to a detox unit to get drugs. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 14:02 2
        
        Well, we will still detox him from the other meds. I think he might have been worried about the detox and wanted something to cushion it. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 24, 14:04 1
        
        best wishes to him. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 14:07
- "so that we would give him some benzodiazepines." -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 13:59
wow! I never would have guessed someone lied the other way. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 13:56

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