december 30 my brother (40 years old) overdosed on vicoden. Last night he died. Too much vicoden put him in complete liver failure and made him bleed internally faster than they could put blood in him. He was an organ donor but every organ was too damage from the drugs they could only take his tissue and bones. He went from fine to coma and death. Please pray for his family he had a wife and a 20 year old son. His death was gory and hard to watch he would have never wanted to die that way or have anyone see him like that.

Take prescription drugs and anything with acetaminophen only as directed.

Cheri

Cheri, I am so sorry for you and your family. I will pray for his wife and son. That is such a horrible way to die. There is a valuable lesson in it as well. My sister-in-law was hooked on prescription drugs for many years and is now finally clean but it was a long hard road in which as her family we all traveled with her. She is one of the fortunate ones to have escaped it. Good Luck to his wife and son and you and your family. I will mourn for all of you and keep you in my prayers.

That is such a shame. I am sorry for your loss. At age 20, his son still really needed him still. You are in my thoughts.

I agree, vicodin is a dangerous drug. I work in a dental office and am amazed at how many people ask for vicodin Rx and eat them like candy. They put of their dental work and take vicodin. They ask for Rx refills and get very mad when we tell them they can not have another Rx, but need to get the tooth taken care of instead.

Wanted to add to my post. One Dr. told me that sometimes people mostly young girls who want to pretend to overdose by taking pain relievers (maybe for needed attention or other reasons) do not realize that there is a short window of time to save yourself from this drug or anything that contains acetaminophen. According to this Dr it is terrible when the Dr has to tell the parents it is too late the liver is gone. So please, please take meds only as you should. It is not worth your life.

Dear Cheri,

I am so sorry for your loss. My heart and thoughts go out to your family, your brother's wife and son, in this sad and difficult time.

I also commend you on having the strength to share this story in hopes that it can help others.

Yours,

Valerie