CORRECT ANSWER:

A) Alcohol use increases serum phenytoin levels.

MORE INFORMATION:

• Phenytoin is used as an anticonvulsant 

• Acute alcohol use can increase the levels of phenytoin, although, chronic alcohol use may actually decrease levels.

• Phenytoin toxicity may cause tremors, gait disturbances, encephalopathy, gingival hyperplasia, and hallucinations. These are just a few things that it can cause. 

REFERENCE:

1. https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/816447-clinical

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