HELP Decongestant double dose!

[Rachie1986]

Just gave my husband a double dose of decongestant (phenylephrine hydrochloride) by mistake.

He says he'll be fine.
I'm worried.

He is a big bloke if that helps - lots of weight to take a larger dose.

Should I call 111 or just monitor him?
What about when he goes to sleep?

Worth calling 111.

Really? Eeek.

He'll be fine. I take a double dose regularly.

Doubt he'll get much sleep tonight though - I lost a night last week to the same thing. I will only take it in the morning from now on!!

Ok thanks.

No random person on the Internet can tell you he will be fine. If he has taken an overdose he needs to take proper medical advice.
In future don't give him pills?! He's an adult and should be responsible for his own dosage.

I think it's best to call 111. Decongestants increase blood pressure and heart rate so I'd want a professional opinion.

Have done x

Hope they can reassure you. Always worth checking.

Yes it is always worth checking. It seems fine thankfully.

I took some pills up to him as he is feeling pretty under the weather (very unlike him) and said I don't know how many actually. He said oh it'll be 2. Then I looked it up and it was 1.

Boring story!
But I'll always look it up before we take now!

I think it is highly unlikely that a single dose of a over the counter medicine is likely to kill or maime your large husband. Calling 111 is such a ridiculous and over the top suggestion.

fluffy pretty sure the advice on all medication is to seek medical help if you take an overdose...but if you know better then 🤷‍♀️

I thought it seemed a bit ott fluffy but better to be safe than sorry and I'm not worrying now so that's positive!

Taking 2 instead of 1 is a mistake not an overdose

Yes spam it did state to seek medical advice on this one (as on most!)

We thought as it said only 1 pill every 6 hrs we should check. Anyway, still better to call when its all ok then not call and something happen.

Fluffymonkey I wasn't suggesting the OP's DH took a deliberate overdose or was attempting to harm himself.
But he took OVER the recommended dose. So an overdose. Even if by accident.

I've done it before and lived. You should switch to pseudoephedrine though, it's much more effective.