Medications

  • Metformin SR 1000mg PO mane
  • Lantus 10units nocte
  • Atorvostatin  20mg PO mane
  • Ramipril 10mg PO mane
  • Aspirin 100mg PO mane
  • Metoprolol 12.5mg bd PO mane
  • Spironolactone 50mg PO mane
  • Furosemide 20mg mane

HPC

The patient had his biopsy of the prostate, which demonstrated benign prostatic hyperplasia.  

PSxHx

Drug eluting stent in LAD, 2007

Prosthetic Aortic valve in 2004

Laser treatment for proliferative diabetic retinopathy, 2014

PMHx

Type 2 diabetes mellitus - diagnosed in 1998

Myocardial infarction in 2007

Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

Allergies

NKDA

FHx

Mother died from a post partum haemorrhage with the younger brother. Father died of a massive heart attack at age 72. Both younger brothers also have type 2 diabetes mellitus. The youngest recently had a stroke and is now in a nursing home. 

SHx

Patient lives with his wife in Tamworth. He is a retired bus driver. He acts as the carer for his wife who has Alzheimer’s disease. He has two children who live locally and are very supportive.

He is a non-smoker and drinks three to four glasses of red wine each night, and catches up with some friends on the weekend for bowls and then up to six beers.

Last modified: Tuesday, 5 May 2020, 6:39 AM