So now people are getting high with Immodium!

When I had my c-sections they gave me Vicodin and Motrin to piggy back for pain.  I was fully functional all hopped up on that concoction!  Wide awake but in no pain.

Totally Interesting! Thanks for replying. We have all those non drowsy meds as well and I’ve been on one or another for over 20 years personally. We typically only use promethazine for nausea and it’s rx only (although it’s no longer first choice since ondansetron came on the scene.) Promethazine liquid is also a combo with codeine for cough but it’s hard to get an rx for it because it’s a drug of abuse. I was surprised my OD patient took 50mg soft gels because it’s typically only sold in 25mg each strength. Her mom gave me the bottle so I’m certain of the strength.

So do these drugs sites mention the side effects of taking 50-300 Imodium tablets? Do they still stop you up in those quantities, or does the body get rid of them?

I'm fascinated by how medications work. I haven't taken Benadryl since I was an allergic child, but I remember bouncing off the walls - no sign of drowsiness (sorry Mum!)

I had my first Triptan last week for a migraine, and was interested to note that it killed the migraine but did nothing for my abdominal pain. Conversely paracetamol (Tylenol) does very little for me, and I've had allergic reactions to ibuprofen and aspirin, so I'm now experimenting with alternatives. Don't worry, only monthly when required, not recreationally! I've discovered that Zapain (Cocodamol) works for abdominal pain but keeps me awake so I can only take it before 3pm. That sucks when the pain doesn't come on until later in the day.

Not having a reliable painkiller makes me panicky. I don't like taking pills - mine mostly go out of date. I'd rather put up with pain as long as I can (which shows how bad it has been this year). But not having that backup is a horrible feeling.

Those idiots better not make it hard for me to get my immodium!! I don’t need it often, but when I do, it is a major lifesaver!

I know people like me ( with a j pouch ) who take 20 a day . It's not habit forming , the only issue is that it can become less effective over time. I've found taking 2 at night along with one codeine phosphate works best for me, and I used to have lomotil for really bad days, but we can no longer get that in the UK 😟

OMGosh!! I can't imagine people can be so stupid. But then--

i'm glad y'all can't understand
that means you aren't an addict nor dealing with one

if you are actually interested




loperamide fills in the receptors that are screaming for opioids - pills or herion

helping ease the pain of withdrawl symptoms without the euphoric (or normalizing) affects

now if high doses of loperamide are taken with either cimitidine (tagamet) or ranitidine(zantac) it does cross the blood brain barrier and will create a high

a bottle of 400 pills is about 10

lots of stores here have them behind the counter - so they aren't stolen

i realize that this is unfamiliar to a lot of people

but statements like those above just add to the stigma that engulfs addicts and their families

gina

I wasn't trying to be offensive ginacivey I just truly don't understand how people get high off of medications that put me to sleep. In fact my whole family is affected the same way as I am, so it's hard for me to understand how it affects different people different ways. My family's addiction of choice is alcohol, so I deal with that instead of drugs and it sucks! It's unfortunate that there are so many of us that are affected by our loved ones choices.

You have some of the weirdest ideas I have ever encountered.

What's your point exactly? that addicts are normal people who happen to take 200 pills of something to get high? and we should just all be OK with it and act like it's perfectly normal and understandable behaviour?
It's not.

That the idea of taking 50+ tablets of ANYTHING is crazy and by doing it you risk ending your life?
There are potential side effects with every known medicine, to take them in massive quantities could potentially be fatal, so to do that and have NO idea what could happen to you as a result *is* crazy behaviour.

And like it or not there is a stigma to being an addict, and it's justified. The people making those statements aren't the problem...the addict has the problem, the addict is the one drawing that attention onto their family.
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What is it that you don't think everyone else understands as clearly as you do?
Addiction is a disease BUT finding new and bizarre ways to get high using OTC medicines is not going to help any manage that disease.
I also agree with all of the people who said those addicts will cause the drug to be restricted so that people with other diseases who take those drugs responsibly will end up having trouble buying those medicines when they need them.

In Australia codeine is now prescription only. No longer available OTC in any format.
The last time I bought nurofen with codeine in it was a year ago when I broke my toe and yes, it does piss me off that at some point in the future
I'm going to injure myself and then have to pay $140 for a doctors visit to get a prescription for a medicine that costs about $4. All because some people in society willingly ingest massive quantities of medicines and eventually manage to kill themselves with it.

I can't remember codeine ever being OTC here, so that's nothing new to us. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

I have mixed results with Benadryl. Sometimes it makes me nice and drowsy and sometimes I feel hung over the next day. And sometimes I'm totally wired and I have to literally pace because I cannot sit still. And it doesn't matter what the dose is, either--I can't be sure that I won't get the adverse effects if I only take one instead of two. Unfortunately, I have extremely sensitive skin and I get contact dermatitis from all sorts of things, so I have to gauge how bad I'm itching with the roulette of which set of side effects I'll get.