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Angel
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Angel asked in HealthMental Health · 1 decade ago

My Friend OD'd left note, okay but in hospital, what do I do with the meds she used?

My friend of 26yrs Overdosed on Monday June 30th and has since been staying at the hospital in Behavioral Care Unit. She has many of the pills she used to TRY to attempt suicide as a note was found. Now there are MANY of these same pills in her home and I don't want her to get out and go back there and have them. What can I legally do as her Emergency Contact/Family to have the meds removed?

Update:

I have called her prescribing doctor who is out of town. If she gets out before he gets back, I do NOT want the meds anywhere near her. I also do NOT want the legal responsibility for possession of these dangerous pain and anxiety meds. In front of a witness, we did search her home and found many bottles of small amounts of the same pills found in her system at ER and removed them from her home. We also removed a 38 Special pistol and a friend has that.

Her only family is 2 siblings that have been threatening to sell this home she's lived in her entire life. The day before she did OD, her blood Sister told her they didn't care if she ended up on the streets or dead after her Mom just passed away in Feb 08 and has NO parents or other family.

Currently she is committed and I have told this doctor EVERYTHING including the notes she wrote saying goodbye. She is in a mental facility in a local hospital and we pray they keep her for 3 weeks more for her own safety. No one has POA.

Update 2:

I refuse to give her anything that a doctor does NOT want her to take any longer. In the hospital now she is only getting Tylenol for pain and two small doses of Xanax a day (as you have to be weaned off that). Some of these meds were her deceased Mother's too and her family if they knew would go and steal them for themselves.

How do I keep her family away as they know nothing and she doesn't want them to for very good reasons. I do NOT trust them at all. They are evil and only want money.

I am the ONLY person she has left to help her but ONLY if she can help herself when she does get out.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Those meds were legally prescribed for her. They are her property. The only thing you can really do is talk with her and get her permision to remove the pills from her home.

  • 1 decade ago

    talk to her doctor and see if he can refer you to an attorney if you need to speak with one about what you can legally do in this case. I would remove the meds and take them home with you and hide them. At this point, I would talk to an attorney about what you can do, and if he oks it, make a list of the medications and go to her doctor and ask if she needs any of them and which ones can be discarded. discard whatever is not vital to her health. She will be pissed at you for it, but will figure out its whats best. bc you cant take any chances, if shes tried it once and the means are there, she will probably try it again. I hope the best for the both of you.

  • 1 decade ago

    Call the poison control hotline in the front of your phonebook, tell them your situation and they should be able to tell you what you can do with them or how to dispose of them. Dont flush them down the toilet though, the water of course if recyled and they will be in the water.

    Just make sure they are not in her house when she comes home. If she stays with you for a couple days just to have someone there then make sure they are in the garage hid somewhere. Double check her house for any pill. If her doc prescibes any to her, make sure you ask what they are for, can she get addicted to them, will they harm her if she takes more then reccommended, is yes to any of these questions then maybe you should hold on to them and give to her when she needs one.

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  • 1 decade ago

    take the meds and hide them, only give her the allowed amount for 1 day and see how she does, but maybe you need to let her doctor at the hospital know he will tell you what to do.

  • 1 decade ago

    in the UK if you have pills you no longer want you can take them to the chemist , but if you arent in the UK maybe call your local doctor and they should be able to advise you about getting rid

  • 1 decade ago

    legally there's nothing you can do to get rid of her meds but it may be possible to have her committed

  • 1 decade ago

    you might get her arrested or something but call the police or something. its for her own good

  • 1 decade ago

    take them back to a pharmacy - they'll dispose of them for you

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