Posted by bethesdabob on November 9, 2004, at 17:17:09
In reply to Re:A Combination which has caused much controversy, posted by ed_uk on November 9, 2004, at 8:02:58
Ed the Brit
My 47 year old wife died last December from a seizure disorder. She had a bad liver, result of hepatitis, and was bipolar and epileptic.
She met a female psychiatrist in our HMO that she liked that treated her bipolar and epilepsy.
At the time of her death wife's p'doc had her taking:
20 mgs adderall 3X a day
600 mgs effexor XR
900 mgs trileptal
10 mgs ambien for sleep
90 mgs remeron
3 mgs risperdal
6 mgs clonazepam
1 bottle of Stadol NS weekly (2500 Ml)Primary Care physician treated wife for high blood pressure and nausea / vomiting:
32 mgs atacand
30 mgs prevacidThe night before she died we bickered and I slept in the guest bedroom, when I woke up and went to the bedroom to get ready for work, she was thrashing around on the bed - said she felt really uncomfortable, said that she had to get up earlier and change her nightgown - that she had been having sweats and chills and perspiration had soaked through her gown, she told me that she felt very nautious and had thrown up several times, told me that her chest hurt - that it was very crampy and made her pretty uncomfortable, she seemed pretty disoriented and asked me to take the kids to school and if she did not feel better said she wanted to go to the doctors or hospital.
When I returned about an hour later I discovered her dead. The pathologist later told me that she died as a result of a seizure/seizure disorder.
It has been suggested to me by several people that my wife died as a result of a serotonin syndrome caused by the medications that she took.
Asking free advice as you state that you are a pharmacy student, do you see something in her medication that might have provoked a reaction.
Had tried to send this to you in private mail but message keeps getting blocked and sent back.
Very much appreciate any thoughts on the matter.
BB
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