Comments on: A Side Effect of Michael Jackson’s Tragic Death – Consumer Health Education

By: Johnny Logan

Johnny Logan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:28:37 +0000

Thank you for your site. I was given demerol once when I had to have a large piece of stick removed from my palm.
When I was taken home I laid down suddenly in the street 3 times before I could get to my house.

By: amyn

amyn — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:10:14 +0000

Great Article and thank you for writing it. I work at a drug rehab facility and I see too many people every day that take medicine that the doc gives them not knowing what they are really taking.

By: Erika

Erika — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:27:57 +0000

I never ever post but this time I will. Thanks a lot for the great blog.

By: Micki Patton

Micki Patton — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:36:17 +0000

I just want to thank you for providing this important information. Were it not for your website I am convinced my husband would have been deceased. We check each and every medicine prescribed by his Doctor to be sure they are not interacting. I feel most people expect too much from their Doctor. They cannot know everything, so we should all take responsibility for our health, etc. and this website helps. Thank you.

By: mercy

mercy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:14:13 +0000

Thanks so much for keeping us in touch with current affairs.Its good to know all drugs are poisons especially when misused or wrong dosage is used the good drug can turn out to be fatal.So watch out!

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:50:52 +0000

I was surprised that nothing was mentioned about
hallucinations when taking demerol.I had a long stay in the hospital with pancreas trouble and was on Demerol
most of the time,and had a couple of trips I wouldn’t want to go on again.Thanks

By: raajasekar

raajasekar — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:16:32 +0000

thank you for the timely cautioning of the side effects of dangerous norcotis

By: Janice Reynolds

Janice Reynolds — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:51:35 +0000

Although this article mentions the increased interest in Demerol it only mentions the possible link between presciption opioid use dangers and nothing about the fact that meperadine (Demerol) is uniquely dangereous. Many hospitals have removed it from their formularies or restricted its use. It has a long acting metabolite, normeperadine which does not respond to naloxone. It can cause seizures and cardiac arrhymias. Giving it IM besides causing tissue damage gives an uneven peak. If it was given to Mr. Jackson, this should be the opportunity to take it (and propoxyphene as medication with similar problems) off the market as they are the truely dangerous opioids. General opioid hysteria only serves to deny cancer patients, chronic pain patients, and dying patients addequate pain relief.