A 50-year-old man who has been taking phenobarbital for 1 week is found very lethargic and unable to walk after eating out for dinner. His wife states that he has no other prescriptions and that he did not take an overdose-the correct number of pills is in the bottle. The nurse suspects that which of the following may have happened?
A) He took a multivitamin.
B) He drank a glass of wine.
C) He took a dose of aspirin.
D) He developed an allergy to the drug.
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