NH 24 have fair put the frighteners on me.
I take propranolol 3 x a day (40mg) for anxiety and associated palpitations . Running out this weekend, I’m convinced I had 3 left for Saturday but there’s only two in the pack, which suggests I accidentally took a fourth one tonight . The pack says doses of up to 320mg a day can be prescribed safely to some people . I weigh 140kg (yes, I’m aware that’s way too much) . I suspect what I’ve taken falls within safe limits .
Rang NHS 24 to check and the nurse said I’m at high risk of coma, seizures, sudden collapse, and said make my way to A&E asap for monitoring .
The thing is I’m a full time carer to my mum, and I cannot leave her alone at all, she needs 24 hour care just now and we don’t have carers coming in as waiting on a package being set up . A&E is 30 miles away, would cost £60 in a taxi there and £60 back - I can’t afford that ..!!
They said I wouldn’t be able to take Mum with me either due to covid .
So nurse has said to sit awake as long as I can, at least 4-6 more hours, check pulse rate regularly and phone 999 if I become unwell, and said several times she was concerned I might collapse - wouldn’t even put it for a GP to call back as said ‘you might be seriously ill by then’ .
I don’t know what to do . Mum is rural, she doesn’t know her neighbours . No family nearby . AIB stupid not to go to A&E? My pulse is regular, 85-88 and apart from being a bit dizzy on standing I feel mostly OK .
Would you sit it out? Online says propranolol is severely toxic in overdose but then the pack says I’ve taken a normal therapeutic dose (admittedly for someone with angina and not anxiety…)