Bruce Wilson Medical Information

This will hopefully answer all medical questions if I am unable to communicate.

Medical Insurance

I am covered by both Medicare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. 

For Medicare I have both part A and part B

Copies of the Insurance Cards are below

Medications List

I have no known drug allergies

I receive monthy injections of Xolair to control my Asthma. These started in August 2022.

I also have routine allergy shots on a monthly basis.

My Daily pills are packed in orange containers. Both the morning and evening pills are packed together

Losartin 100 mg (E47) morning for blood pressure

Amlodipine 5 mg evening for blood pressure

Simvastatin 20 mg (S 5) evening for C reactive protein

Singular [Montelukast] 10 mg morning for Asthma

Symbicort Inhaler 160/4.5 two puffs morning and evening for Asthma

Spiriva 2.5 mcg one puff morning and evening for Asthma

Areds 2 morning and evening glaucoma preventive

Tamsulosin 0.4 mg morning for prostate

Melatonin 1 mg evening because Ev thinks it helps

Centrum morning just because

As needed:

Cialis 10mg and Viagra 100mg - If I'm with Sara Fitzgerald, you can be sure I will have taken one of these within the past 24 hours.

Nebulizer Inhaled Bromide/Albuterol 0.5 mg/3mg for Asthma Flare up 6 hour intervals

Nebulizer Inhaled Albuterol 2.5 mg for flare ups where the 6 hours is too long

Colchicine 0.6 mg for gout flare up - directions

Prednisone 10 mg for Asthma flare up - directions

Valtrex for cold sore flare up - direction

Erythromycin topical solution 2% for skin condition on head flare up.

Zolpidem 5mg for sleep very rarely - usually when traveling over seas or just having returned. 

Trazadone for sleep rarely

Vaccinations

In general I have been broadly vaccinated for International Travel

I had the Moderna vaccine for Covid 19 on February 16 and March 16, 2021.

I had Moderna boosters on 10/25/2021, 4/5/2022 and 10/17/2022

I get a flu shot every year, generally in October. The flu shot is received at Ann Arbor Allergy Associates

I had Typhoid Oral vaccine (5 years) in March 2019

Medical Providers

My primary care physician is

Kurt C Kamper MD

Briarwood Medical Group (Michigan Medicine)

Briarwood Building 3

375 Briarwood Circle

Ann Arbor, MI 48108

734-998-2020

My long-time Asthma and Allergy Physician is

Harvey Leo MD

Ann Arbor Allergy Associates

Ann Arbor West Office

4350 Jackson Road Suite 260

Ann Arbor, MI 48103

734-434-3007

My Hearing Doctor is

Diane Carter

O'Conner Hearing

734-994-8300

My Vision provider is

Clarkson Vision

2623 Plymouth Rd

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

734-930-2373

Pharmacies

Mail Order for non-urgent prescriptions

Birdi

43159 W. Nine Mile Rd 

Novi, MI 48375 

877-668-4987

Urgent and While Traveling

Walgreens

2355 Jackson Rd

Ann Arbor, MI 48103

734-794-0162

Asthma and Allergy

I have Asthma that manifests solely in a cough. I never struggle to get breath and I do not generally wheeze. The most frequent trigger for the asthma is intense exercise. The most difficult trigger is when I have a cold, which leads to coughing, which leads to more coughing.

When cough becomes present, I can use Bromide and Albuterol inhalers to get it under control. I generally use a nebulizer for these. If the cough becomes persistent I treat it with a burst of prednisone.

I now take a bioligic drug Xolair by monthly injection to prevent the need for extensive prednisone. This started in August 2022 and has been successful through November 2022. One probable episode after a cold was avoided.

I have a variety of allergies which are well controlled through routine allergy injections.

Medical History

In addition to the Asthma, I have high blood pressure which is generally controlled by medication.

My cholesterol is absurdly low, a gift of DNA. 

I take the simvastatin for C-reactive protein, but as much for an un-evidenced belief that statins are probably good for everyone.

I had a tonsillectomy as a child.

I had an adult circumcision in my mid 40's to deal with a troublesome foreskin.

The start of blood pressure medicine also brought on (or coincided with) erectile disfunction. Viagra and Cialis deal with this quite nicely.

FAMILY HISTORY

My brother has had both kidney cancer and prostate cancer.

My mother suffered from a malignant brain tumor, found only during autopsy. She died at 91.

My father had Alzheimers. He died at 91.

My maternal grandfather had type 2 diabetes. He had several strokes and died of a stroke at 76.

My fraternal grandmother had Alzheimers. She died in her early 80s.

My fraternal grandfather had heart issues and died of a heart attack at 80.

My maternal grandmother died at 98.