my elderly mother is starting to hallucinate she has had it in the past and it was put down to either the painkiller tramadol or urine infection, she is now on gabapentin and a slow release patch of butran I'm not sure about the spellings. the problem is the GP tested her for uti and it didn't show to much but they have prescribed antibiotics just in case. when i asked if it could be the two drugs mentioned i was told that it was doubtful they would cause confusion and hallucinations. has anyone used these drugs or have any opinions on this. even though mum is 90 she has always been on the ball so to speak and i am sure its not dementia. thanks for any help.
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Hallucinations Uti Gabapentin
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, Feb 03 2010 12:00 PM
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Posted 03 February 2010 - 04:51 PM
Just my limited experience with my own 89 yr old Dad, is that he is EXTREMELY sensitive to any change in meds or routine. Trust your thinking.
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Posted 03 February 2010 - 09:13 PM
Inclined to agree with the others.
My sister's father in law has been in hosp for several months, had to have his leg amputated, and changing his drugs caused problems everytime, he was also on sedation but they got the levels wrong and he was on too high a dose, so he was very confused and hallucinating as a result or permanently sleeping. They reduced the levels and he has improved hugely.
My sister's father in law has been in hosp for several months, had to have his leg amputated, and changing his drugs caused problems everytime, he was also on sedation but they got the levels wrong and he was on too high a dose, so he was very confused and hallucinating as a result or permanently sleeping. They reduced the levels and he has improved hugely.
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Posted 03 February 2010 - 10:37 PM
Butrans patches can give confusion, and if the dose is too high, like you can expect with all opioids, it can cause hallucinations.
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It is however, from my experience with my Mum, a good pain killer and is given to many cancer patients for maintaining pain relief.
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It is however, from my experience with my Mum, a good pain killer and is given to many cancer patients for maintaining pain relief.
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Posted 04 February 2010 - 01:17 AM
thanks all, mum has been on these drugs for about a month now with no side effects ,yesterday they put her on an antibiotic trimethoprim, when i visited her today she was very sleepy and hardly able to communicate as she was so tired.i wasn't even sure she knew i was there. i was told it could be antibiotics making her so drowsy and to wait and see what happens in the next few days. i didn't find this very reassuring. as they didn't seem to know what was causing it. does anyone know if this happens on antibiotics or uti symptoms . thanks.
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