my girlfriends throwing up blood. - Pain Management Message Board

jonh33 · 06-23-2008, 12:02 PM

Well im pretty sure its blood. So last night my girlfriend took two pills which I believe are 100 mg morphine. she also had a little to drink. She woke up this morning throwing up what I think might be blood. She was also pretty itchy and very nauseous. She doesnt want to go to the hospital because she doesnt have insurance.

so i need to know, is this a medical emergency?

ps: shes mixed alcohol with pain medication in the past and been fine. i know its a really bad idea but lets deal with this problem at hand first.

Fabrashamx · 06-23-2008, 12:16 PM

Call the doctor that prescribed it and tell him everything. If no doctor prescribed it for CP, youre on the wrong boad.

you can also take her to an emergency room at once, they wont make you pay now and you can make arrangements to pay them over time.

The doctors cannot help her unless she tells them everything, they arent cops, they are doctors.

She and you both know she is risking her life drinking on these meds so I wont lecture you here but I will say its a really really bad idea.

HTH,

Fabby

PS~ Are you not sure they were 100 mg morphine or is she not sure? You need to be aware there are meds out there so strong they are only meant to be taken by people with an already huge tolerence, to take even one or two if you arent used to them can be fatal.

forginon · 06-23-2008, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jonh33

...lets deal with this problem at hand first...

YES - it is a medical emergency.

This is not like mixing vicodin or codeine with alcohol - it's a whole new ballgame. The reason that Palladone (long acting hydromorphone) was taken off the market is because folks were dying by mixing Palladone with alcohol, even small amounts of alcohol.

The only responsible thing to do is GET HER TO AN ER RIGHT NOW!!!

Get her to the hospital now. To do anything less is negligent and abusive.

Screw the cost.

There's already been too much delay in getting her seen.

steve

slipperyslope · 06-23-2008, 01:27 PM

I know you don't want to hear a lecture as you made that clear but please, please, do not drink alchol with pain meds, that is just ridicoulous and dangerous. She needs to be seen by a DR, right away. I would start by calling the Dr who prescribed them, if they were not prescribed to her than you can take her to an urgent care facility or the ER room. Her life should be more important than money, like fabby and steve said, you can always make payments to a hospital and let them know you have no insurance so to not run every test in the book, only what is truly necessary.... sometimes blood can look like coffee grounds so since your not sure if it was blood or not did it resemble coffee grounds, if so PLEASE go the hospital or to her Dr's office, and be very careful in the future. People die all the time from mixing strong narcotics and booze so this is nothing to play around with. if she is planning on drinking again, she should not take her meds for the day. Most Dr's won't even prescribe high doses of any narcotic if someone drinks a lot, its to risky. Your also putting the prescribing Dr in a very bad place as his name is on the bottle and you drank booze when you new you were not supposed to so he is liable. Its a very irresponsible thing to do given she took (2) 100 mgs of morphine and mixed it with alchol. was she trying to catch a quick buzz or what? how dangerous. I do hope she is okay. Please post back to us and let us know what the Dr says about this.........

SS

Arthr Itis · 06-23-2008, 03:00 PM

At the risk of sounding callous, not like this person is still on here, there are better ways of committing suicide. I had a buddy who did the wash pain meds down with booze. Though he was just so cool. His wife and 5 year old daughter found him on the kitchen floor. Dead.