um...
my aunt recently passed away. it was
officially labled as an accident-but my
other family members choose 2 differ. they
believe because of the high level of
methadone in her system it 'had to be' an
OD. i looked up alot of stuff on the net
& have came 2 my own conclusion -i
believe it wasn't an OD... it was actually
a COMBINATION of the other medicines she
had taken PLUS the methadone.
could my hypothesis be correct, and does
anyone know where i can get more EXACT
info. on this subject?
.....my family is throwing around alot of
accusations & we none know EXACTLY
what were talking about. its REALLY
Bad....any help would be greatly
appreciated
i have a copy of the main autopsy report,
if it would help the report says:
The combo of drugs like prozac and
methadone and phenergen and wellbutrin,
together would increarse the effects of
each other, and most likely maker her more
sleepy, relaxed. Perhaps she may have
forgotten she had taken her meds and then
took them again. Most likely if she has
built a tolerance to these meds, and added
each one slowly and with the consent and
knowledge of her dr. she should have been
all right. Methadone, esp. has a very long
half life, which makes it so that you can
actually get by by taking it once a day,
and it sustains for 24 hour or more. The
only way to know if they were toxic, is to
see when she started each, to know if the
dr knew about the others, but mainly to
look up each med and see what the
therapeutic level in the bloodstream is
and compare it to the one you have.
Methadone is usualy prescribed in
multiples of 10 mg, Phenergan for nausea,
is usually taken prn, or if needed with
other meds to decrease the side effect of
nausea which could be from the methadone.
Good luck
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tscreason
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Joined: 06 Nov 2007 Posts: 2
Posted: 11-07-07 00:55am
The combo of drugs like prozac and
methadone and phenergen and wellbutrin,
together would increarse the effects of
each other, and most likely maker her more
sleepy, relaxed. Perhaps she may have
forgotten she had taken her meds and then
took them again. Most likely if she has
built a tolerance to these meds, and added
each one slowly and with the consent and
knowledge of her dr. she should have been
all right. Methadone, esp. has a very long
half life, which makes it so that you can
actually get by by taking it once a day,
and it sustains for 24 hour or more. The
only way to know if they were toxic, is to
see when she started each, to know if the
dr knew about the others, but mainly to
look up each med and see what the
therapeutic level in the bloodstream is
and compare it to the one you have.
Methadone is usualy prescribed in
multiples of 10 mg, Phenergan for nausea,
is usually taken prn, or if needed with
other meds to decrease the side effect of
nausea which could be from the methadone.
Good luck
