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Mollygirl

15 months ago

My husband's back, in more ways than one.....

Last Thursday, my husband ended up in Malmsbury Hospital, mostly because they didn't have anywhere else to send him and he couldn't walk so he couldn't come home. Fair enough. On Sunday, when I visited, they invited me to stay for lunch, which was a roast dinner, and I was delighted. It was lamb, I never cook lamb, but I don't generally pass up a free meal. During the meal, the head nurse mentioned ever so casually that they had taken Hubby off of his Solpadol for pain. Turns out, and NO ONE had ever mentioned this to us during all of our problems, that mixing anything with codeine with the other drugs hubby is taking could cause HALLUCINATIONS! I've been living in a house full of people only he could see for months because the dumbass doctors were prescribing meds that didn't work together. So hubby is now much more himself, the house is a lot quieter, and I am going to raise holy hell with the Mental Health Team as soon as I can get one of them on the phone. I feel better for having vented, thank you.
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haddonbp

  12 months ago
It is that little word "communication"rearing its head again and no one willing to take the rap for the problem.There are so many tablets that interact with each other and foods also like Marmite and cheese with some drugs used for mental illnesses, and grapefruit reacts to statins which no one told us about when hubby or i started to take them!
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ron45

  14 months ago
A real case of the left hand not knowing what the right is doing.glad to hear that hubbys much better.
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VoodooGirl1

  14 months ago
Oh my goodness, how awful that this happened. Am pleased for you and your husband that the mistake was finally realised and put right. Wishing you both well!
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arrietypod

  14 months ago
So no one spotted he was on two pain killing meds anyway, let alone two that interact? Jeez! Actually, I can't take codeine as it gives me hallucinations!
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susanwilletts

  14 months ago
At least you have found out now, and glad to hear that things have improved some.
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bead24

  14 months ago
Hi there, I had up to this moment pressumed the doctors would have checked your husbands medical record to see what other medication he was on so this sort of thing wouldn't happen. Just shows you how wrong I am in this. Glad to read that he is doing better. I would fire off an official complaint about this.
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Nattii10

  14 months ago
Wow am surprised they didn't realise that. Glad to hear he is much more himself.
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test bunny

  14 months ago
Glad your hubby is feeling better, why do doctors prescribe drugs that don't work well with others, do they not read notes what others doctors write!!
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lynn_bex

  14 months ago
Oh my word! Poor you (and poor husband, though perhaps he was enjoying the extra company?) Him Indoors is taking so many pills since heart problems last year that it's a wonder he doesn't rattle, but perhaps I'll quietly read all the information inside the packets - just to be on the safe side should anything new be prescribed.
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Agryphon

  14 months ago
Ah well, there you go. I know of patients who feel that the hospital is maligning their rights if they discharge them; and their dumb GP's accede to their requests- resulting in the NHS wasting resources on patients who are perfectly OK when there on others on waiting lists!
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