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Overdose
My girlfriend OD'd last night. she took 4 lortabs & 4 kutecs(thats a perscription).she also took 1600 mgs of ibuprofen.she thinks that lortabs were expired because when she opened the bottle, it smelt bad.she became really dizzy, broke out into a major cold sweat, threw up 4 times,tight feeling in chest, and periodic headaches. its been 24 hours and she still is somewhat dizzy, and still has headaches in the back and sides of her head.
how can she get better?
how can i help her?
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Take her to the emergency room, IMMEDIATELY!
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Don't try to help her yourself, get her to the ER ASAP.
And just because she's standing right now doesn't mean she will be in an hour. Yes, none of us our doctors so none of can tell you that her situation is stable and that you shouldn't take her to the hospital.
Please take her there right now.
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i am not advocating that you not take her to get emergency medical treatment, if it were me, or up to me i would have been in the emergency room 10.8 minutes after the first side effect.
but apparently you both decided that medical attention was not neccessary, and seeing as how 24 hours later she is still standing, i would think that she is not going to die anytime soon, though i am not a doctor...
seeing as how she threw up 4 times she probably got rid of most, if not all of the undigested pills. her lingering side effects might be the cause of the little amount of pills that her body was able to digest.
if she is improving then i wouldn't be too worried about her physical state. if she is the same, or worse then before, then i would say take her to the hospital.
i would tell her to drink a ton of water, and cranberry juice to try and flush out her system... her remaining headaches might be the cause of dehydration due to vomiting... don't give her anything though, no headache medication... that is the last thing that she needs... in order to help cope with the dizziness i'd have her rest, and drink chamomile tea, or sleepy time tea, it will help calm her, also there is a product at the local Vitamin shoppee ( it's like a GNC) called "mygrastick" you rub the peppermint, and lavender oil on your temples and behind your ears and it instantly calms you and helps with headaches... i swear by the stuff...
mostly i would just treat her like she is sick with the flu, (minus the medication) give her soup, liquids, and plenty of rest...
and when she is better i'd sit down and have a talk with her on why she OD'd was it an "accident" do you believe her if she told you it was an "accident". a few years ago i felt my life had taken a turn for the worse; i spiraled into a deep depression that i couldn't climb out of and i had very real thoughts of suicide... though i wouldn't have believed it then, things do get better. they got better for me, and i hate to think of all that i'd miss if i had committed suicide... and how much it would have killed my family, and boyfriend (now husband)... there is so much to live for, even if you don't think so... so if this was just an accident, then be careful next time, but if this was something more, then please try to help her heart and soul...
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Lortab is hydrocodone with Tylenol. If the narcotics were going to kill her, they would likely have killed her right away. She probably didn't get a toxic dose of the Tylenol component according to the online Merck Manual.
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1600 mg of Ibuprofen are enough to cause internal bleeding in some people. I don't know what Kutec could be except Ketek, an antibiotic. The bottom line is that I don't think she took anything that would be fatal at this point, but you should call poison control NOW and do *EXACTLY* what they say, including taking her to the E.R.! 1-800-222-1222. She needs mental help. And if she ever does this again, DO NOT WAIT. Please. It's her life on the line here and she's asking you for help, even if she says she doesn't want it.
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Take her to the doctor/hospital/ER.
If she in still a minor, call her parents. Even if she isn't, I'd still consider calling them.
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Take her to an emergency room like you should have done 24 hours ago. She could have her organs shutting down on her and she could die.
After that I recommend a psychiatric consult so she doesn't do it again.
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