Meds Tampering - Possibly

[Meg888]

Hi all. My brother thinks his partner has been taking his sons medication. His son is 14 and has ADHD for which he takes a prescribed, quite strong med for daily. His partner had a drug problem years back and has issues with alcohol, she's been trying to get a grip of it for years, but often relapses. He's suspected her doing this a few times over the years, but the latest is a new low. It would seem the tablets have been replaced by some other tablet form, which he doesn't know but suspects they could be paracetamol. The tablet form is similar to his sons meds, so it's quite a deliberate attempt at trying to conceal. I've told him he should report to police, because she has always denied in the past when he's asked her about it (she's not the child's mother). This medication is not standard, it has a street value and questions will be asked by doctors when he re-orders prescription so soon. he's frightened to report for fear of getting her into trouble/relationship ending, but she is the only logical suspect and no-one else has been around his house last few weeks, it's been just the 3 of them. He keeps fobbing me off saying the police wouldn't bother with it, but I'm certain they would - surely this is very serious, especially as no-one knows what the replacement tablets are?

[Meg888]

Update: On attempting to confront her last night, my brother’s girlfriend broke down and admitted taking the tablets and replacing with ibuprofen. She still had a couple of the original tablets left and so handed them back. She promised it was the only time she’s taken them, well that she remembered anyway. My brother said he thinks she knew there was no going back after this, and so she ended the relationship. She packed up and was dropped at her Mum’s house last night. She explained to my nephew what she had done and apologised to them both profusely. She also showed them the box from which she got the ibuprofen from and that’s what they seemed to be. Thanks all for your input, it was a worrying, stressful day but thankfully a crisis was averted.

[Mamyalynne]

New beginnings for your brother and his boy.

[Hypognosis]

@Meg888

I'm glad you got a swift and safe resolution to this.
Although the replacement tablets turned out to be safe (give or take doseage being less for children) it pays to read the leaflets on both the specialist meds *and* the painkiller product to ensure there are no warnings about possible adverse reactions between the painkiller and meds for the long term condition.

As a side issue, I am concerned to learn that a medicine for a behavioural problem has suddenly acquired a street value. I probably don't want to know in which way it is being misused and I certainly don't wish this thread to give anyone any ideas.

[jno]

that's a relief. Bringing up a child is hard enough without having to deal with an adult acting like a child.