phenobarbital...apart form seizures or sleeplessness is it used for anything else??

[bluedolphin]

Got a blood test done....was suspicious of my hospital cos I was unusually sleepy and had headaches after most visits... finally went to a different hospital straight after one visit for a blood test specifically sking them to check for sleep drugs and voila they told me I had phenobarbital in my system.....Its a manmade drug isn't it??? I mean it cant be produced inside my body can it???

[Jenny Tools]

No phenobarbital is a barbiturate and is normally administered orally. More info here:-

http://tinyurl.com/4norz

[becks]

Um is someone poisoning you bluedolphin ? What does phenobarbital do long term - and if it's taken orally wouldn't you know that you were taking it? Was it you who posted a little while ago asking about tablets to GIVE you a headache? Lordy, hope you're ok x

[becks]

Have done a bit more research and am assuming that you don't have epilepsy or anything that the drug would be used to treat. You should be careful driving if you think someone is giving you this and the longterm damage can lead to changes in the soft tissue in the body. There's more here: http://www.epilepsy.com/medications/b_phenobarbital_side_eff ects.html

[bluedolphin]

Yes it was me who wanted to know if there is a drug that will GIVE u headaches....Have 8 of the 14 side effects of phenbarbital...it must be somebody in the hospital alright....shocked that it is happening but glad to know I haven"t been imagining it...my partner is now fully convinced (had been a bit sceptical of my claims before). I dont take anything orally it is all done intraveineously.

[becks]

ok, i don't know about you're circumstances but you seem to say that you're being given drugs intravenously - are they not telling what drugs these are and why you need them? Maybe you're supposed be being given the phenobarbital?? Sorry just trying to understand how on earth this can be going on? More to the point do you have the same nurse/doctor every time - if not it must be something that you've been prescribed otherwise they wouldn't all be giving it to you, however if it is one person it seems very weird. Why would someone want to do that?

[IggyB]

have you spoken to the doctors at the hospital (the first one) about the ill affects you suffer and discussed your worries regarding drugs possibly being administered that you were not aware of... if you have and they told you that no sleep inducing drugs were being given or specificially denied that phenobarbital was used then you must make a fomal complaint to the hospital management, demand to see your medical record (to check what has been given to you and recorded) contact the police and ask the second hospital to not destroy any evidence they collected (your blood sample). Not going to be much reassurance but this could be a mis-communication taking place within the hospital where they are assuming you know that they are administering barbituates you must have an urgent appointment with your doctor to discuss your case... don't let them push you around.

[bluedolphin]

thanks for the comments...ok so I have been experiencing this for a while. About 3 weeks ago I got home from the hosp and was so bad that my partner took me back to the emergency....there the top doc in my section came to check me out, he recommended a head ct...my partner directly asked him if they use sleeping drugs or relaxants during treatment he hesitated and looked at his desktop and said no ...of course not...this convinced my partner but not me. since then it has happened a couple of times and was unbearable last Saturday... so much so that my partner had to come to pick me up (I wasn't capable of getting home) so I told her we needed to go to anothe hosp to get a blood test..and we did and we got the result... The head of the dept has recently changed and I think he wants me out of the hospital... and he is making me an offer I should't (for my health's sake refuse).....

[Miss Zippy]

This is really sinister. Are you in the UK Bluedolphin?

[bluedolphin]

No I am in the S.E. Asia in a first world country.