Overdose/ Self-Poisoning Question - amitriptyline home treatment

marilynnrose · 30-08-2011, 07:11 AM

everywhere i look it says go to hospital but i need a hometreatment plan. just induced vomiting but only got one full pill up. looks like the rest dissolved...drink water? dont drink? fall asleep? dont?

Angeni Mai · 30-08-2011, 07:45 AM

It honestly depends on the amount taken.

~Grace~ · 30-08-2011, 10:35 AM

If youve taken an overdose you need to go to hospital.

Steel Maiden · 30-08-2011, 10:59 AM

Just like you can't treat a broken leg at home and you'd need a cast in hospital, you can't treat an OD at home, you need to go to hospital.

Sheltie90 · 30-08-2011, 01:05 PM

you need to go to the hospital. when ive overdosed on this drug before it messes with your heart, you need to get checked out, even if you feel fine now it will most likely effect you later

roiben · 30-08-2011, 01:34 PM

There is no home treatment plan for an overdose. It may be that you can go to your GP, but it is most likely that even they will suggest you go to hospital - to A&E (ER).

As this has been suggested a few times now, I hope you have taken yourself there for the appropriate treatment.

Roiben x

Animad · 30-08-2011, 07:54 PM

As said nicely by all the rest of the people on this thread, ODs CANNOT be treated at home. Depending on the amount you could need a LOT of medical treatment. You should go to A&E/ER. If you're not sure what to do feel free to PM myself or Bitter_Angel.

Definitely sleep should NOT be used as a method as sleeping takes you closer to falling unconscious and ODs can lead to that so it can be really dangerous. Also, vomiting isn't recommended on here as it often only brings up a proportion of the tablets, as you noted, it can also get rid of other things such as food in there which may help to reduce the amount that's absorbed (though the affect with this on a lot of pills is small), and as well as that some pills can cause a LOT of problems/ damage to your oesophagus, throat and mouth if vomited back up. The reason why we are against the vomiting in terms of it only being a proportion is that the doctors won't know how many you have taken/ what has been absorbed and so the signs you have don't match. Really, if you take an OD you should go to hospital ASAP (and not drive there). Some people on here say wait 4hrs because they won't do anything before that. That is a very dangerous tact. This is because yep, if you arrive after an hour then they often won't take bloods til 4hrs but they can hook you up to fluids which can literally save a life and they can also pump your stomach if it's within the first 60-90mins of taking them which again reduces the amount that's going to be absorbed and therefore also the danger.

I know not all this is relevant now but I thought I'd just add some general things in there.