These are 5/500 Vicoden, prescribed by her doc at Kaiser (after I'd already told him she was abusing). She conceals the bottle and consumption from me but after picking up a 60 tablet bottle thursday afternoon, I found that saturday evening - it was no where to be found. I believe she took all of them, and is sleeping all day right now. I do not want to create a scene, or have an ambulance come out and her refuse them, also. What should I do? Leave her to lie in the bed she made?
2006-10-29 10:52:56 · 13 answers · asked by Anon Searcher 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
To clarify: 60 tablets gone after Thu/Fr/Sat - in three days. These are 5/500 strenght tablets. I calculate 20 tables per DAY = 10,000 mg of acetaminphen per DAY.
2006-10-29 11:01:15 · update #1
she will be really dopey try to talk to her. dont make her mad, or make her feel cornered make her feel welcome, if its realy contact a doctor and drive her there. dont call an ambulace it will make her feel scared or betrayed
2006-10-29 11:01:58 · answer #1 · answered by maggot 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have taken as many as 30 of these in a day. The problem with these is that they lose effectiveness over time and you need to take more and more for the pain. So, my question is, does she have pain and is this why she is taking them? If what I have described is the problen then she needs to be switched to something else that will work. I went to a doctor at Stanford who switched me to oxycontinin.. I took those for 2 years and my new doctor finally switched me back to vicodin with fentanyl pain patches. But I am now taking vicodin 8 at a time several times a day, so I'm back to square one and need to go off them again. Now, my next question is if it happens that she does not have pain, then she may have become addicted. Where is she getting them? It isn't all that easy and they are expensive. If this is the case, find her source and cut her off and then get her into a drug rehab program. In my opinion, when I was taking so many a day, I was not an addict. I wasn't getting any jollies from them, just tryiing to stop the pain. And it is really easy to give them up if something else will kill the pain-- so what I am saying is don't assume she is addicted, find out about her pain level first. Chronic pain is a real damned hard thing to live with and a lot of doctors don't know how to deal with it yet. good luck to you both.
2006-10-29 19:07:37 · answer #2 · answered by casey54 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not too worried about the vicoden, it probably won't really hurt her. its the acetaminphen consumption you SHOULD be worried about. She could easily go into liver failure if she's consumed that much acetaminophen! It is VERY painful, and the damage is likely to be irreversable! Get her a** to the Dr!
2006-10-29 19:25:46 · answer #3 · answered by Brandi A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if you mean 7 days then that isnt bad at all, my wife takes vicodin 10/660 they are a little stronger then reg. vicodins but she has to take them about every 6 hrs
so 1 pill every 6 hrs = 4 pills a day
4X7= 28 in a week
so 15-20 isnt too bad
2006-10-29 18:57:23 · answer #4 · answered by someone_you_wish_you_knew 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the pills will probably make her very sick and she will most likely throw them up and sleep for a long time make sure that she gets lots of fluids and keep an eye on her but it should pass if there is any hearing or vision problems or throwing up of blood take her to the er right away good luck
2006-10-29 19:00:15 · answer #5 · answered by Jon L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know what i fix you must be in..............but honestly, if you put her in rehab and she doesn't want help she will probably just get out and get right back on them. So you will be wasting your time but i would tell her about the consequences of the tylenol!!!!!!!!!! She might not know she is damaging her kidneys and liver. A person is NOT going to change until they really want to in their HEART!!!! Trust me, I've been there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-31 07:45:40 · answer #6 · answered by VICTORIA L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, eventually she's going to run out and then what? She'll have to face the music.
Reality will start to set in tomorrow when she wants more and there are no more. What's she going to do? Go to a different doctor? Use a different pharmacy to fill THAT prescription?
2006-10-29 18:55:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
All that acetaminophen in the Vicodin can cause some serious problems with her liver. I would cause a scene - this is dangerous.
2006-10-29 19:41:35 · answer #8 · answered by c4sgurl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she needs to detox take all but a few pills out and ween her off of them it will do some serious kidney and liver damage if she stays on them
2006-10-29 18:57:27 · answer #9 · answered by nationalguard_mp_guy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
911- let them evaluate and yes, you should cause a scene because she may not wake up or if she does, she may be mentally impaired so call now-she needs help, the sooner the better.
2006-10-29 18:58:07 · answer #10 · answered by mac 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋