SPEN555

Just curious!

How much before it kills you or can it kill you?

scooby595

I take over 6000mgs of painkillers some days and other tabs, & I'm still alive.


So the answer....... more than 6000 mgs !!!

Jye

It takes around a box of twenty 500 mg tablets in twenty four hours to harm/or destroy the liver of an adult. Dunno about death but I'm sure that could be the next symtom.

ajm

4g daily max recommended for an adult according to the packet. Greater than 10g for a fatality, or damage to your liver and kidneys, if untreated.

Edited to add: I know two people who tried, and failed, to top themselves using paracetamol. Its such a slow (and probably unpleasant in the latter stages) process that both chickened out and sought treatment before any long term damage was done!

Jye

And probably less if your liver is already damaged by disease or alcohol.

SPEN555

Hmmm interesting.

Only reason I started this was I opened my drawer and saw a packet of lemsips and wondered if you could die by having too many.

Well, the satchets are 650mg so 15+ satchets take into dangerous levels. A lot closer than I thought! I imagined it would be a bucketful.

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Taking paracetamol with alcohol exacerbates the problem apparently, speeding up liver damage.

A mate's bro in law took a paracetamol overdose and spent 2 years on life support b4 they switched it off.

Co proxamol (distalgesic) are dangerous if you take many more than 8 in a day

Alcazar

boxst

Helllo

Don't do it -- it's a horrible way to die. Basically you tend to survive the overdose, but it has already messed up your liver and you tend to die slowly and not pleasantly over the proceeding weeks.

Much better to take a warm bath and cut down the vein (not across).

Steve.

Reffro

Urrgh....

Too much information, and far to morbid for Friday afternoon. Afterall its party night tonight...

ajm

Its not very dignified even if you seek treatment immediately. They will force feed you a load of ground up activated charcoal suspended in water to try and absorb the drug and you'll end up spewing up black water everywhere!

class_A

Leaves a horrible scene for the people who find you My personal choice would be to start the car in the garage, run a pipe from the exhaust, have a nice drink and pop a CD in. After a little while you will fall asleep feeling no physical pain.

Not that I would ever do it though.

What a grim topic!

FrenchBoy

Wouldnt try it with a scooby though. Only a matter of time before a neighbour comes round to complain about the noise. Particularly if you have a de-cat.

_Meridian_

iTrader: (1)

It would have to be a de-cat: modern cats remove so much CO that it's d*mn nearly impossible to kill yourself that way now.


M

ajm

It would have to be a very wide hose too, you wouldn't want too much back pressure!

richiewong

Completely subjective to the individual taking the parcetamol.
Activated charcoal is only beneficial if taken a short period following an overdose, bloods will be checked for paracetamol and salicylates following 4 hours of ingestion.
Even then the level may not require treatment.
Most people believe that if they take enough paracetamol they don't wake up but this is not the case its a slow painful and horrible way to die

richiewong

Just like to add, I've had to attend 2 "serious and untoward incident" meetings this year and none have been pleasant

Midlife......

iTrader: (2)

acetylcysteine.................Not much help either

Wish

iTrader: (2)

If i were to do it. It would be with a chain or rope and a car and a tree.

Tie the rope around a tree, through the back window of my car and round my neck. Seat belt on and hit first gear...... Gone.

I would use my company car not my own ;-)


Not that im thinking of doing it at all, but thats the way for me

farmer1

I couldn't do it, living is far less painful then dying.

boxst

Hello

Some other ways to "help yourself" on your way:

http://www.sketchyanimation.com/suicide/teapot.htm

including death by tea-pot, by spincycle and papercuts...



Steve.

SPEN555

PMSL!