Why is it so dangerous mixing prescription anti-anxiety pills with over the coun!
Question: A lot of us know what happened to Heath Ledger. Lots of people say that he mixed prescription sedatives or anti-anxiety meds with over the counter sleep aids. Even if the person didn't have the intention of attemting suicide, it is obvious that is dangerous. What are exactly the dangers of mixing prescription meds with over the counter sleep aids? How come the person ends up overdosing by accident? Is there something in the over the counter sleep aids that by mixing them with prescription drugs produces this overdose? How so? If over the counter pills seem so much less dangerous than the prescription ones?
Answers: A lot of us know what happened to Heath Ledger. Lots of people say that he mixed prescription sedatives or anti-anxiety meds with over the counter sleep aids. Even if the person didn't have the intention of attemting suicide, it is obvious that is dangerous. What are exactly the dangers of mixing prescription meds with over the counter sleep aids? How come the person ends up overdosing by accident? Is there something in the over the counter sleep aids that by mixing them with prescription drugs produces this overdose? How so? If over the counter pills seem so much less dangerous than the prescription ones?
Both anti anxiety medications and sleeping pills effect your central nervous system(CNS). This is what controls all your functions, organs EVERYTHING
Both types of pills are what are called depressants, which means they slow down the activity of the CNS. When you take both together, the functions are doubly slowed. Even if you take a dose of each drug that is high but "safe", the effects are multiplied, because the combined dosage is too high.
The CNS functions slow to the point where the heart stops beating, or the person stops breathing. Causing cardiac arrest or esphixiation.
Over the counter meds can be just as deadly of perscription drugs when taken in excess, especially when mixed or combine with perscrition drugs
BECAUSE YOU DONT WANT TO END UP LIKE THAT ARTIST LEDGER
becuz your dr can't monitor over the counter and you may mix some that are not compatible with one another. Call dr. or pharmacy tech to see if you can take specific over the counter with any prescriptions your currently taking.
I'd just say a drugs a drug, prescription or not and you never want to mix them without a doctor's supervision. It's sad that he passed away from this... I know with my pills there are even certain herbs and vitamins that I'm not even supposed to mix! It's a matter of chemicals and the body's reaction, you never know?