What would be the effect of sixteen 60MG pills of Prozac taken in an overdose attempt?!


Question: What would be the effect of sixteen 60MG pills of Prozac taken in an overdose attempt.?
My cousin had tried it and was sent to the ER in time, but I was curious if she hadn't, what would've happened exactly.?Health Question & Answer


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Hard to say what exactly would have happened. Among 156 documented cases of overdose in pediatric patients (ages 3 mo. to 17 years), six resulted in fatalities, 127 made full recoveries, 1 experienced renal failure, and 22 had an unknown outcome. All six fatalities resulted from the combination of a mixture of drugs or alternate methods of suicide. The largest dosage was a full 3 grams (more than 3 times the 960mg your cousin took), from which the patient made a full recovery.

However, were your cousin not to have made it to the ER in time, known sequelae (continuing adverse effects resulting from the overdose) include 'abnormal accommodation, abnormal gait, confusion, unresponsiveness, nervousness, pulmonary dysfunction, vertigo, tremor, elevated blood pressure, impotence, movement disorder, and hypomania.'

Not to mention the fact that as fluoxetine hydrochloride (Prozac) is a SSRI (a drug that affects the neurotransmitter Serotonin, 90% of which is based in the digestive system), she would have (and may have) had one nasty set of stomach problems.Health Question & Answer

Whew--960mgs of Prozac. that could have killed her. I really hope the Doctors kept her for an evaluation because that is a serious suicide attempt.Health Question & Answer

I'm sure you know EXACTLY what would have happened. Think about it!Health Question & Answer

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