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02-12-2007, 01:47 AM
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I was reading this earlier and wondering what MD would prescribe all of those medications together.  |
I doubt that they were prescribed together. He may have had a bunch of meds sitting around from various other times and was popping pills without waiting for a requisite amount of time to pass before taking something else.
I know that I'm guilty of it. Of course not with anything as potent as those pills, but I know that I've popped lots of aspirin to rid myself of a headache. When it doesn't work as fast as I would hope, I may pop more pills of the same or another brand just to make my head stop from banging, whether the 4 or 6 (or however many) hours have passed. I think I'm scared straight now.
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The article states that he had a combination of those prescribed meds, as well as over-the-counter meds.
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02-12-2007, 10:49 AM
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The over the counter drugs were for his pneumonia.
Jacci Reid reported this morning on TJMS that he had an achilles tendon (sp) injury and was prescribed the Vicoden, Percocet, and another painkiller starting with a "D". He had surgery last year or so and suffered with chronic pain from that and his shoulder. So, as long as he had pain, he got perscriptions from doctor(s). Then, as his body depended on the drugs and got accustomed to them, the dosage had to be increased. She said, per her interview with a doctor, that all of those medications lead to his nervous system shutting down, thus causing him to stop breathing.
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02-13-2007, 02:53 PM
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... and another painkiller starting with a "D".
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It was probabaly demerol, an opiate derivative.
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02-13-2007, 05:12 PM
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It was probabaly demerol, an opiate derivative.
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... or Darvocet, which is a commonly prescribed pain killer that is very addictive.
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02-12-2007, 10:52 AM
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I know that I'm guilty of it. Of course not with anything as potent as those pills, but I know that I've popped lots of aspirin to rid myself of a headache.
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I'm guilty of popping tylenol sinus, anydrug sinus, alka seltzer cold plus, and drug that will give me relieve when I have colds. I will pay more attention to what I "pop" or sip for now on.
It's thought that this same thing may have happened to ANS.
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02-13-2007, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by AKA2D '91
I'm guilty of popping tylenol sinus, anydrug sinus, alka seltzer cold plus, and drug that will give me relieve when I have colds. I will pay more attention to what I "pop" or sip for now on.
It's thought that this same thing may have happened to ANS.
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Just as an FYI Sorors, my husband's line brother's brother (I know long trail) collapsed and was in a coma and experienced kidney failure because he took cold medicine (I think Theraflu) and ran in a marathon. Not sure what caused it and thank God he is alive, but just keep that in mind when we are taking all of these meds.
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02-13-2007, 07:15 PM
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Just as an FYI Sorors, my husband's line brother's brother (I know long trail) collapsed and was in a coma and experienced kidney failure because he took cold medicine (I think Theraflu) and ran in a marathon. Not sure what caused it and thank God he is alive, but just keep that in mind when we are taking all of these meds.
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Damn!
Having had theraflu, I have no idea how he could have even made his body move after that stuff, much less runa marathon. It knocks you on your butt and keeps you there for many, many hours.
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02-14-2007, 12:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by litAKAtor
Just as an FYI Sorors, my husband's line brother's brother (I know long trail) collapsed and was in a coma and experienced kidney failure because he took cold medicine (I think Theraflu) and ran in a marathon. Not sure what caused it and thank God he is alive, but just keep that in mind when we are taking all of these meds.
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I think something similar happened to a guy on ER about two weeks ago. He nearly died.
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