Quick Question

[Tom Collins]

I was hoping if someone, like Seacat for instance, with medical training might help me out with this possible problem.

*Pssst...3113, not trying to sidestep you on this, I'd just like to know and this is the only way I know to find out.*

Here it is.

Are there any prescription painkillers on the market that a doctor would give simultaneous with any prescription sleeping pill? Mixing those two things sounds like a recipe for murder to me, especially if the patient has a mild concussion, but what I know about medicine would fill the Marianas Trench.


Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[lesbiaphrodite]

Midrin is a prescription pain reliever that is non-narcotic and the doctor might prescribe that along with a prescription sleeping aid since the two wouldn't counteract each other.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

If the patient has a concussion the doctor wouldn't prescribe a sleep aid until the concussion is healed. Now that would be a script for murder.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

It's hard to get a lethal sleeping pill anymore. The killers were the barbiturates, and they hardly ever, ever prescribe them anymore. The new generation of sleep aids, like Ambien, Lunestra, etc. are just about impossible to OD on.

I've had hydrocodone and ambien at the same time many times, but you probably couldn't take enough of them to OD on.

The opiates depress respiration, but you'd have to move up to things like morphine and heroin before you get significant effects, and you're not going to get those prescribed for you.

If your guy could get a hold of some GABA (gama-aminobutyric acid) that would knock someone out and possibly kill them, but he'd have to get it from a chemical supply house and they watch it kind of closely now. He might get some in Mexico though. It's also very easy to make in the lab, and they do prescribe it as an anti-depressant in small doses.

 

[Tom Collins]

It's hard to get a lethal sleeping pill anymore. The killers were the barbiturates, and they hardly ever, ever prescribe them anymore. The new generation of sleep aids, like Ambien, Lunestra, etc. are just about impossible to OD on.

I've had hydrocodone and ambien at the same time many times, but you probably couldn't take enough of them to OD on.

The opiates depress respiration, but you'd have to move up to things like morphine and heroin before you get significant effects, and you're not going to get those prescribed for you.

If your guy could get a hold of some GABA (gama-aminobutyric acid) that would knock someone out and possibly kill them, but he'd have to get it from a chemical supply house and they watch it kind of closely now. He might get some in Mexico though. It's also very easy to make in the lab, and they do prescribe it as an anti-depressant in small doses.

Ok, it sounds to me like there are loads of sleeping pills and pain killers that they can give at the same time while in the hospital. This is good to know.

I hate having something as insignificant to a story as medicine interaction be a point of contention for readers. That could be the only thing in the whole story that doesn't add up and that's the only thing you'll hear about from some people and get a major PC flaming over it, too.

Of course, Zeb's point of sleeping with a concussion is valid and something I'd over looked. Thanks, Zeb.

 

[Maeve_redux]

Actually, you can sleep safely when you have a concussion. Just not with the use of sleep aids. Speaking from experience here.

 

[freshface]

Actually, you can sleep safely when you have a concussion. Just not with the use of sleep aids. Speaking from experience here.

You can try to sleep in the hospital with a concussion. The nurses will likely wake you up every hour or two to make certain you're still oriented. These will not coincide with the times where they wake you up to take vitals, draw blood, or administer medication. Hospitals are not restful places.

 

[3113]

Get off the internet! You're supposed to be writing!

And most especially get off this forum. It will warp your brain.

 

[Pure]

Ultram (t_r_a_m_a_d_o_l)

could be combined, for instance with ambien.

 

[Maeve_redux]

You can try to sleep in the hospital with a concussion. The nurses will likely wake you up every hour or two to make certain you're still oriented. These will not coincide with the times where they wake you up to take vitals, draw blood, or administer medication. Hospitals are not restful places.

Again... been there, done that. Finally told them to fuck off and let me sleep.

They listened.

Then again, that particular time it was only a mild concussion, and they only kept me overnight. After that they listened whenever I diagnosed myself with one - haven't been wrong yet - and told them to just let me sleep between vital checks.

 

[freshface]

Get off the internet! You're supposed to be writing!

And most especially get off this forum. It will warp your brain.

So, *ahem*, does this mean that TomNJus might be posting something soon?

 

[Tom Collins]

So, *ahem*, does this mean that TomNJus might be posting something soon?

Yeah. We're working on a new Irish Eyes story and it feels close to being done. Won't give you any more than that though.

I'd better open up Word and get cracking before someone has me flayed.