Hi there!

I think I understand that you mean a drug that makes your senses extra sensitive to stimuli, but when you wrote hypersensitive, I read ‘life threatening allergic reaction‘.

Any drug that causes the pupils to dilate will make a person sensitive to light. This includes many antimuscarinic drugs like Atropine and scopolamine. Central nervous system (CNS) stimulants can also cause dilated pupils. This list includes drugs to treat ADHD, narcolepsy, and obesity.

I’ve been looking but I’m not 100% sure that there are drugs that make you sensitive to sound exactly. there are drugs that cause tinnitus/ringing/noises etc, which can lead you to hearing loss which is no good. Some drugs that can do this are quinidine, platins (chemotherapy), gentamycin (antibiotic), aspirin (high doses), and amitriptyline (antidepressant). Mayoclinic has a nice place to start.

There are also some drugs that can make you go colorblind! For example ethambutol (for tuberculosis). While prednisone can cause cataracts with prolonged use.

As for sensitivity to touch… I’m not 100% sure, but there are some chemotherapy drugs which cause peripheral neuropathy such as cyclophosphamide and cisplatin. I’m sure there are also some illicit drugs which can cause sensitivity, but I am not really knowledgable in that corner.

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Hello there!

I’ve tried to do some research on this, and talked to a few people, but since I don’t actually work in this scenario, I’m going to give an educated guess. If anyone knows more please speak up! I’m also very curious about this topic.

If your hospital has good anesthetists, they will try to give preventative analgesia to help reduce the pain for after surgery. Some possible medications include lidocaine, gabapentin, and pregabalin. There might also be pain medication such as ketamine given during the operation to help reduce post-op pain.

What the providers end up giving your character after the surgery depends on his pain level. With mild to moderate pain your character might be able to get away with no opioid, or a weaker one like codeine or tramadol with an NSAID.

But with more severe pain, while in the hospital, the staff will probably still give him some kind of opiate medication such as fetanyl, morphine, or hydromorphone. But they’ll probably give your character as little as possible and monitor him closely. They will supplement his pain treatment with non opiates such as acetaminophen or other NSAIDs to help reduce the amount of opiates needed.

Lidocaine post op is also very useful as it reduces the amount of opioids needed for pain relief, and it is especially useful for after abdominal surgeries.

After discharge, they might give your character a tramadol prescription. Your character might also try acetaminophen or ibuprofen for OTC pain relief, but they’ll have to be careful not to take too much.

This is all of course assuming they don’t have any other chronic diseases and passable kidneys and liver. Otherwise, that’s a new headache and a half.

P.S. I wrote this with the assumption that your character was not taking methadone or suboxone, nor any other medications.

Hope this helped!

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Hey there! Acetaminophen/paracetamol/Tylenol are all the same-ish (if there’s Tylenol in the name there is acetaminophen. There might also be some other active ingredients mixed in depending on the actual name).  Advil is ibuprofen. I’m not going to tell you how to OD on it, but 4g can cause your character to start having problems, and going up is worse.

Here was my post on acetaminophen OD! I hope it’ll help.

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Well alcohol is a legal drug that can knock you out eventually. :)

There’s also some cold/allergy medications that can cause drowsiness and sleep.

Many allergy medications, e.g. Benadryl contain diphenhydramine, an antihistamine which causes drowsiness. It is also found in many OTC sleeping aids. Tylenol PM also contains diphenhydramine.

NyQuil contains doxylamine, another antihistamine which causes drowsiness, and is found in some OTC sleeping aids.

These medications can make your character drowsy and perhaps even knock them out, who knows. Everyone reacts differently to medication.

Apparently some people react in the opposite way to Benadryl. So that would be an interesting surprise!

Hello there! I think you mean depressive episode instead of depressive attack.

Well it depends on the dose of the Wellbutrin (100mg, 150 mg, 200mg etc ) and type (immediate,sustained, extended release). Depending on what your character was prescribed, they could be taking the medication anywhere from  once per day or 3 times a day. I am assuming that your character is taking it once a day.

There is definitely a higher chance of having seizures. The risk of having a seizure can increase by 10x depending on the increase, mostly when you go above 450mg. Other possible side effects include

Dry mouth

Nausea

Insomnia

Dizziness

Anxiety

Indigestion

Tremor

Increase in suicidal thoughts

Overdoses can cause seizures, hallucinations, hypertension (high blood pressure), tachycardia (high heart rate), arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythms), and death.

If your character decides that they want to downgrade their Wellbutrin to normal doses, don’t have them do it abruptly, you have to wean them off.

Hi there! This is all very true, and if you are writing for this, you should take it into account! If anyone is interested in possible therapies to overcome stage fright, you should probably ask @scriptshrink.

Hi there. This is a blog for writers and stories only. If you have questions about the medications you are taking, I suggest you speak with your pharmacist or doctor.

Hi there!

Paracetamol is called acetaminophen in the US. A lot of people just say Tylenol though. Common pain relief is a toss up between Aspirin, Ibuprofen aka Advil, and Acetaminophen aka Tylenol.

Hope that helps!

Pharmacists would probably use an online drug databases such as Lexicomp or Micromedex.

Whelp, I managed to find a wonderful article on MDR ventilator-associated pneumonia. There are many different approaches on how to treat it, I would suggest you approach an actual hospital for first hand experience (as this is coming from research only)

ONE METHOD is starting out with one of these bad boys:

Piperacillin-tazobactam CefepimeCeftazidime Imipenem Meropenem Aztreonam

PLUS adding a [ONE] polymyxin for the highly resistant P. aeruginosa:

Colistin

Polymyxin B (2.5 to 3 mg/kg IV per day divided in two daily doses)

Aztreonam

PLUS one of the following:

Linezolid

Vancomycin

Telavancin

Very aggressive therapy regime, as you can see. Hope this helps!

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Well, looking at a lot of medications, most of them cause sedation which is not what you want. One which does not is propranolol.

Propranolol is a nonselective beta blocker which can be used for stage fright. It is prescription only. It should be taken with caution if your character has breathing problems, as it can cause bronchoconstriction.

[I was taught in class to never give beta blocker to a patient, but all the upper classmen are like no, go right on ahead]

Beta blockers can also have issues with other disease states, and many other medications.

Since beta blockers also lower the heart rate, I would be a bit worried about light headedness... but hopefully your character will be able to be alright.

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Hi there!

Unfortunately, I don’t believe that there is an OTC medication that is strong enough to deal with the pain of amputation without causing toxicity. I am also not very knowledgeable on natural pain relievers.

Sorry I couldn’t help you!