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OK guys, i wasn't all enthusiatic like i just sounded in that opening strings of words last night. I had a drug overdose side effect last night from the medication Doxycycline an antibiotic from the tetracycline famiIy. i am so grateful for life this morning and this is me sharing my experience and also some few tips i got online this morning on how you coukld deal with something like that if it unavoidably happen to you or your loved ones, not saying it will happen just saying incase it does.
So i started taking a particular drug 2 nights ago for toothaches(sensitivity), it was prescribed to me by a practising dentist who was out of town and based on my complaint prescribed it for me with panadol too for the pains.
I got to a pharmacy two nights ago and read out the drug name and as he told me "get doxycyline 100mg use twice daily for 5 days".
Coming back home i got taking it and yes i took two of the capsules, that is 100mg *2 = 200mg, so i have been taking 100mg twice daily not knowing I have been overdosing right from the start
Its a 100mg capsules, and I have been taking 2 of it instead of one, so x the 3 days I have taken that I'd like 300mg overdose, but last night I think my body had enough of it and immediately I had dinner(fried yam) I took the night dose, a few moment later, I started feeling drowsy and nausea, soon my head started spinning, I quickly got online and started checking out the drug and how it should be dosed only to find out that one could either take 40, 50 or 100mg at a time and here I was swallowing 200mg all this time, soon I could no longer move fast and I could no longer type, unlike me, I told my roomy how I was feeling and told him its possibly an overdose and they laughed about it saying its hunger because prior to the dinner we only had breakfast.
I was able to chat up my friend who upon seeing my text asked her mum for a quick fix as access to health care Immediately could be a challenge seeing the time of the occurence, i was told to take some cup of water and upon doing that , woooolahh I puked forcefully🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️ and got dizzy, she said I should take some more water of which i did, my roomy quickly realized i wasnt playing, i gulped some more water, we got the room cleaned up, i was still feeling weak and dizzy, they got me to lie down, I did and I slept off to her voice note which she was singing lolzzzz
It was indeed an experience to look back on and be grateful.
Am no expert and after yersterday am in no right position to give anyone an advise but let me just give out this tips;
- Never at all times self medicate
- Consult with a medical practioner and get the right prognosis
- Stick to the prescription given you by the experts
- In the incidence of an emergency, if there is access to proper health emergency service, contact them immediately.
- Never act out of fear, more harm is done when actions are taken in times of despair.
- Maintain your compusre
- Communicate your exact feeling to those closest around you immediately.
- Activated charcoal can be readily given orally to absorb the excess drug.
- Stomach lavage can also be done, induced vomitting.
- Visit the health centres for more observation.
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Disclaimer : This article is not in anyway seeking to replace the medical expert in a result of accident, but sole purpose of sharing experience. Images were taken by my infinix hot 6 pro rear camera. All resources were properly referenced.
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