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[when.will.it.end]

I took an overdose the other day (of various sedatives) and was in hospital on an Acute Ward for a bit & I don't remember much but they injected me in 'the rear' and I'm really confused as to what it could have been? I was almost unconsciousness if that makes a difference. I've heard of people getting injected like that if they are being really aggressive/acting out on psych wards before but it definitely wasn't that cos I was completely out of it. I can't remember the name they were saying either.

Any ideas?

[Animad]

Really it was likely to be some kind of sedatives/ anti-anxiety/ anti-psychotic meds but it's not really a question we can as it could be a wide range of meds and we're not here to 2nd guess. Really if you want to know you have to discuss the staff there as it's not something we can give the answer to. Also, if other people there were injected with one drug, don't presume you were injected with the same as it may have been a different one.

[when.will.it.end]

Even though I was already so out of it? I can't ask the ward, I'm not there anymore.

[ANorthfield]

Your GP should be able to tell you from the admission notes.

[forever_lost]

I think it could be a variety of things. Once when I was little I refused to take my medicine for some regular sickness I had. It was probably just a simple antibiotic or something. But my parents took me to the doctor anyway and I got the medicine through a shot on my bottom.

Whatever medicine you recieved was proabably given to you there because some injections of certain medicines need to be given in an area of the body that has a lot of muscle, which I think releases the medicine into the blood slower.

You should be able to still visit the hospital (as they proabably wouldn't tell you over the phone for privacy) to ask what you were given, since I think the medicines you recieved should be included in your file, which the hospital should still have even though you aren't admitted there right now. And you should have the legal right to view or recieve information from your medical files at any time. (at least that's how the law works here in the us)

[roiben]

Katie, as you are in the UK, you would need to check this with your GP - who should have received a copy of your admission notes.

If they do not have it (it can sometimes take a few days to be sent through) it is worth asking if they are willing to check this for you, as it may be that they can contact the hospital and check for you.

Ultimately though, it could be a large variety of things, as it is easier to do an injection in the rear than say in an arm - and it can use a different level of trained nurse, for example. It can also be due to how the medication disperses once the injection is done.

Roiben x

[Animad]

You could also phone the hospital and ask them though you'll have to answer a few questions to prove who you are first if they are able to tell you as some would want to see you in person.

Really, we cannot answer this at all as it could be one of many things and you were under the care of a medical team at the time and this question is directly related to that and because of this and it being against the rules for us to answer a question about some treatment that you were given by a doctor or medical team, even if you are no longer there now (though also no longer getting it), I am going to close the thread.

As I've said, it could be a wide number of things so it is impossible for us to answer (as well as against the rules).

KimA, First Aid Advisor