Self-medication and intractable cough

✍ Scribed by Matthew C. Stewart; Yvette Kasamon

• Book ID: 102341603
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 152 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1553-5592
• DOI: 10.1002/jhm.572

✦ Synopsis

A 60 year old man presented with a 1-month history of severe, dry cough. His medical history is significant for lymphoma (4 years), bone marrow transplant (8 months), stable graft-vs.-host disease, with a negative bleeding history. He self-medicated his cough with 6 to 8 tablets daily of an analgesic containing 250 mg acetaminophen, 65 mg caffeine, and 250 mg aspirin. He developed severe stabbing pain in 2010 Society of Hospital Medicine