Posted by mom on April 13, 2002, at 19:58:08
In reply to Insurance and leaving hospital AMA » mom, posted by jane d on April 13, 2002, at 18:55:11
I just called the hospital and talked with my daughter's nurse. I explained to her my conversation with the doc, and how she told me to pick a drug. Well I did mention the benzos to her, and she told me that the doctors up there would most likely not prescribe that due to her being depressed, and the fact that it is a "sleeper". I reminded her that is why they were giving the Zyprexa originally. She informed that, yes that was true, but also because of the many benefits for depression????? She said the Benzos are very addictive, and not a good choice. I told her I wanted the info passed to the doc, and they could call me, but I would much prefer her on a benzo than an antipsychotic PERIOD. She told me that the zyprexa is now a PRN for the "episodes" and trazadone is a PRN for insomnia, she will report my request to the doc, but felt it better left alone in her opinion. The thing is I found this thing on the net where you can enter multiple drugs and get reactions they may cause. Trazadone is listed as a "high clinical significance" being taken with effexor, taking them concurrently can increase the effects of trazodone, the metabolism can be inhibited causing "serotonin syndrome" !! I found that really wild, since I had wondered about it earlier. Maybe it was the trazadone with the effexor, and not the zyprexa causing her symptoms?? Anyway, I requested to hold the trazadone. Do doctors ever look at possible interactions with drugs? I am having my doubts at this point. Thanks for letting me air...
Her mom
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