HeadingNorth Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 i dont think it matters if the son is a adult or a child ,the OP asked for advice and all anyone seemed to want to do is criticize At this point, the best possible advice is to get all those painkillers under lock and key so that it can't ever happen again. Only a hospital will be able to treat his drug overdose, and the OP quite clearly already knows that - she dialled 999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 The OP obviously posted here because she wanted advice. I don't think some of the above comments are especially helpful in the circumstances. OP - if your son has taken more paracetamol or other painkillers than he should have, then you should take him to A&E immediately. Take the bottles with you and tell them exactly what he took and when. If he is a child as some posters think, then take him to the Children's A&E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloomdido Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 If you were actually taking 6 paracetamol at a time then you would have placed yourself in serious jeapordy if you had exceeded the maximum dose of 8 x 500mg per day and its not a nice way to die........... I felt a bit fuzzy I have to say. It was welcome relief. I took 3000mg in one go, plus the asparin. These days I know how to get the 'Co' out of the co-codamol but it needs to be prescription strength to be worth doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMoran Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 My son had toothache I'm Saturdayay so we rang out of hours dentist and after nearly an hour on the phone we were advised to ring another number. We rang the other number several times for an hour or so - no answer. We went to the walk in centre and asked about this number and they told us that the number we had been given was for Mon to Friday only. We waited at the walk in centre for three hours and my son was given paracetamol. Saturday evening my son was in agony and got hold of some dihydrocodeine. He said they didn't work and also took some paracetamol and ibuprofen. Sunday he woke up and one side of his face had doubled in size. He said he was in agony despite taking more pills against my wishes and we went to A & E. The staff there told him his face wasn't swollen so must have assumed he was born with a very mis shapen face. My son said he felt it was an abcess and they said no its not and sent him home after three hours. Monday my son went to Charles Clifford who instantly diagnosed an abcess and removed a tooth from the root and then said goodbye. I asked what's happening about the abcess then and where are your anti biotics or pain killers and he said they had given him nothing but his tooth. So earlier my son took tramadol co codamol ibuprofen paracetamol and possibly something else and was still in agony and going pale. I rang out of hours doctors again having to go through endless questions and was then told to ring 999. I rang 999 and spoke to the rudest most patronising female who asked me to repeat things several times because she couldn't write fast enough or hadn't heard me. Meanwhile my son is going faint and getting anxious and frustrated and he voiced this in the background to which she then asked if he is violent as she won't send an ambulance without a police escort if he is abusive. He has been in pain for approximately 60 hours and has possibly overdosed on a cocktail of pain relief because no one has offered him the correct medical treatment. I am worried, upset, angry and do not know what to do. It may be worth taking him back to the hospital if there is any concern hes od'd. If you need a lift to the hospital let me know, ill come take you to the A&E then fetch you basck when your done. Either way, good luck and im sure your son will be fine:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitisbad Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 It will depend on size, weigh, opiate tollerance as to whether it's an overdose. Try not to let him go to sleep, if any other symptoms occur go to A and E. Though I must have taken bot 600mg of tramadol and seem to be alright and once had around 300mg of codine. sweats and itching were mainly what happened and a night of no sleep. was fine the next day though. The worse thing could be the combination of the drugs though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audra Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 To begin with, put a lock on your medicines cabinet. It is bordering on criminally irresponsible to have tramadol in the house and allow children access to it. Yes I agree but he is 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audra Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Do you think the son is a child? That never occured to me reading it. He should really have had a prescription for antibiotics if it was an abcess. Trying holding lukewarm saltwater in the mouth and rinsing with it every couple of hours. He could also try adult bonjela on the gum around the socket.. I've had an abcess/tooth extraction recently and the pain wasn't that bad, easily controlled with ibu and paracetamol so perhaps there's something else wrong? Maybe take him back to A&E by taxi, if you don't have transport available? Thank you so much Rubydazzler x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audra Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 If the OP's son is an adult, I fail to see how the responsibility lies with anyone else, unless he has a learning difficulty or somesuch. Why has this turned into who's responsibility it is? I just wanted some advice from genuine people and its a shame that its been suggested I'm perhaps criminally responsible/my son has learning difficulties/social services should be called/who's fault it will be if he dies!!!! This perhaps illustrates peoples level of care and or priorities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number Six Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 How is he doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audra Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 The OP has a young child so I presume the child who has the toothache is a teenager at most. The OP is clearly and understandably stressed, so speculation as to the age of the person with toothache can't be helping. I think you'd best get him to A&E somehow - for the pain and for the potential overdose. Take the bottles with you. Let us know how you get on. Thankyou Numbersix you are right I have a young child aged 3 and I have an older child aged 23 And its a shame that this is the main focus of the issue and I do appreciate people who are aware of the reality of the situation rather than speculating over whether I'm an irresponsible mother of a child with learning difficulties or not hmm Well he is awaiting blood test results and still conscious So far so good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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