Beer, 1 can po tid with meals

Alcohol on the medication list:

The last time I had seen “beer” on someone’s medication list was during my third year of medical school. The patient was scheduled to receive one can of beer with each meal. The patient, a upper class fellow whose wife had curtly reported, “He drinks two highballs before dinner each night and a glass or two of wine with dinner””he’s not an alcoholic!”, underwent some sort of facial surgery. His surgical team wanted to prevent any alcohol withdrawal and hence ordered alcohol for him.

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