Actress Brittany Murphy dies

[pbear19]

I've got hydrocodone in the house now, from a torn ligament in my elbow. It was the only drug prescribed to me by my sports medicine doc, and it very clearly says hydrocodone on the label. He did recommend that I take some OTC ibuprofen, but nothing other than hydrocodone was prescribed. FWIW.

(I have a nice little collection of bottles in the house between past injuries from my husband and I. We don't have kids and I just never get around to throwing away the old drugs. I can only imagine how "suspicious" my list of drugs would be if it were released to the media. Especially if it were released like this, with no dates, no names, no indication of last refill or how full the bottle is, etc.)

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by pbear19

I've got hydrocodone in the house now, from a torn ligament in my elbow. It was the only drug prescribed to me by my sports medicine doc, and it very clearly says hydrocodone on the label. He did recommend that I take some OTC ibuprofen, but nothing other than hydrocodone was prescribed. FWIW.

(I have a nice little collection of bottles in the house between past injuries from my husband and I. We don't have kids and I just never get around to throwing away the old drugs. I can only imagine how "suspicious" my list of drugs would be if it were released to the media. Especially if it were released like this, with no dates, no names, no indication of last refill or how full the bottle is, etc.)

They may look a little suspicious if you die suddenly in a suspicious manner. Otherwise, they probably aren't any more suspicious than my drug list which actually includes several of the drugs on Britney's list, excluding the narcotics.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by pbear19

I have a nice little collection of bottles in the house between past injuries from my husband and I.

While packing up my apartment, I filled an entire gallon-sized ziplock bag from my med cabinet. I had no idea I had so many bottles, mostly painkillers from injuries. I've hurt myself a lot in the last year apparently.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

While packing up my apartment, I filled an entire gallon-sized ziplock bag from my med cabinet. I had no idea I had so many bottles, mostly painkillers from injuries. I've hurt myself a lot in the last year apparently.

What are you doing to hurt yourself so much?

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

What are you doing to hurt yourself so much?

You know, I was gonna blame figure skating, but I've only gone to the hospital once for that. I'm just clumsy, every other injury happened on two feet. I'm much more coordinated on the ice, now that I think about it.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

You know, I was gonna blame figure skating, but I've only gone to the hospital once for that. I'm just clumsy, every other injury happened on two feet. I'm much more coordinated on the ice, now that I think about it.

My mom would freak out everytime I said I wanted to go ice skating! I would laugh at her, but just two weeks ago, one of our employees fell figure skating at a lesson, shattered his shoulder, ended up on a ventilator in the ICU, had to get lots of blood and almost DIED! My boss said, "Maybe your mom is smarter than the rest of us!"

Not to mention...I'm clumsier than most and have fallen down more than my fair share of stairs. Dislocated my shoulder in med school and tore my rotator cuff, slipped down the stairs in the parking lot at work before our Christmas party my first year at my current hospital giving myself a huge hematoma on my leg and neck spasm, but NO BODY has EVER given me narcotics for pain. I get anti-inflammatories. I wanna know what ERs y'all are going to so I can go there!

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by pbear19

(I have a nice little collection of bottles in the house between past injuries from my husband and I. We don't have kids and I just never get around to throwing away the old drugs. I can only imagine how "suspicious" my list of drugs would be if it were released to the media. Especially if it were released like this, with no dates, no names, no indication of last refill or how full the bottle is, etc.)

I do the same thing. The Vicodin definitely has come in handy on a few occasions, as has the prescription strength naproxen sodium.

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by pbear19

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(I have a nice little collection of bottles in the house between past injuries from my husband and I. We don't have kids and I just never get around to throwing away the old drugs. I can only imagine how "suspicious" my list of drugs would be if it were released to the media. Especially if it were released like this, with no dates, no names, no indication of last refill or how full the bottle is, etc.)

Please be watchful of expiration dates - not only do some drugs lose their potency, but some ingredients can break down and other ingredients can be released in a way not designed. For example, some meds have a coating on it because they are time-released (usually "extended release" meds that last 12 hours), or because the medication needs to be released later in the digestion process and needs protection from stomach acid.

I know that a lot of people keep the leftovers from injuries, in case they get hurt again or whatever, but any time you are newly hurt, your overall or specific conditions at the time may be different than when you were first prescribed the drug. So interactions with other meds or contra-indications due to existing medical conditions can cause unwanted side effects.

(I have a lot of experience in various types of meds because of a chronic, genetic disease that effects several major organs/systems. So I am on a lot of of medications, most of them necessary to correct specific organ malfunctioning. So my list is actually pretty scary if you didn't understand my condition.)

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

My mom would freak out everytime I said I wanted to go ice skating!

When I sprained my arm doing toe loops, my mom threatened to take my skates away. She went NUTS, "You could've broken your arm, you could've hit your head, what if you'd died!!!" Honestly, you go throwing yourself into the air like a spinning top, you fall every now and again. Most times, the momentum makes you slide when you hit, so the impact distributes before it hurts.

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

Please be watchful of expiration dates...

That's the sad part. The bag doesn't even count the expired ones I threw out. Heeeey....I wonder if Brittany was taking expired meds and that contributed to something? (read: lame attempt to put the thread back on-topic )