Is metoprolol overdose a viable method?

[miserablecreature]

My everyday life has become unbearably painful to the point where I think I might finally be ready to CTB instead of just longing for death. I do not have access to firearms (or N), which would be my preferred method since it's so quick and theoretically painless when it's done right. The most important thing to me is a relatively painless death, which I know is hard to achieve with household items and substances. What I do have access to is my grandma's medicine cabinet, which includes a bunch of relatively harmless seeming things, but also metoprolol for her heart. I was wondering if it would be a viable method to overdose on this, since if I take enough, it should in theory be able to shut down my heart. I also have access to a bathtub in case pairing this with drowning would work. I'm desperate for a method but don't want to do anything stupid either.

 

[Dante_]

Hey, it is difficult to learn that is the pain in your life you wake up to everyday however attempting to use prescription medicine from a cabinet that is not yours is not only dangerous but I do not think this is an attempt that should be made at all, all of your choices at present have a greater chance of failure and terrible consequences rather than providing a quick and painless passing, please read through this resource to understand more. The last thing any of us want to see is further damage to your health.

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[SomewhatLoved]

First and foremost, as the other commenter said overdose with prescription medications is widely unpredictable. Aside from something like a barbiturate, your odds are questionable. Even opioids or benzodiazepines often aren't enough to kill in high dosages.

That being said, metoprolol is a "beta blocker" medication, more specifically it blocks anything from binding to the B1 receptor. This receptor is responsible for controlling the strength of heart contractions, the rate at which they occur (heart rate), and the electrical conductivity of heart tissue. When nothing is able to bind to the B1 receptor due to it being blocked, your heart function is generally decreased (most notably the rate). This is why metoprolol and other similar medications are usually prescribed due to people having tachycardia (fast heart rate) or other similar heart issues. Theoretically, if you took an excess amount it could induce a severe bradycardia (slow heart rate). If your heart isn't beating fast enough, you could pass out, become lightheaded or dizzy, or have a drop in blood pressure. It most likely would not stop your heart, though. It might not be effective on it's own as a method of CTB, but if combined with something else like hanging it might make you harder to "save" in the event you're found and someone tried to prevent your death.

The thing I have learned about overdoses while working in healthcare is that they're pretty much always treatable if caught early. Benzodiazepines or opioids cause breathing to stop, you can ventilate the patient. Antidepressants can cause metabolic issues, but can be treated with different electrolyte infusions. Beta blockers can cause bradycardia, but you can manually control the heart rate using medications or by delivering a controlled shock.

 

[Still here]

This guy's name is crossed out does it mean that he ctbed...

 

[Malfunction]

This guy's name is crossed out does it mean that he ctbed...

Or closed their account I believe, so not necessarily.

 

[grapevoid]

The amount of pills to overdose is astronomical

 

[Still here]

The amount of pills to overdose is astronomical View attachment 162450

How many pills does one have to take and what if I combine with alcohol and a huge amount of sleeping pills???

 

[grapevoid]

How many pills does one have to take and what if I combine with alcohol and a huge amount of sleeping pills???

if you use the search feature there are some posts about this, I've seen charts on here and some meds we are talking in the thousands to successfully ctb by overdose. Idk how you could not puke them all up. There are a lot of viable methods but overdose just generally isn't one. Check out the pph for info on what drug mixes work for an over dose, even those combinations require quite a few pills and sourcing would likely be an issue for the normal person.

 

[Still here]

Thaif you use the search feature there are some posts about this, I've seen charts on here and some meds we are talking in the thousands to successfully ctb by overdose. Idk how you could not puke them all up. There are a lot of viable methods but overdose just generally isn't one. Check out the pph for info on what drug mixes work for an over dose, even those combinations require quite a few pills and sourcing would likely be an issue for the normal person.

Thanks I will check out the pph ....

 

[ForeverBroken]

Critical care nurse here. Hate to disagree with you guys but this is a viable method. If you take an entire bottle of metoprolol, go lay down, go to sleep, you are not going to be waking up. Someone would have to find you within the first hour for you to have a chance. All that being said, a metoprolol overdose can be treated but it is not a pretty picture. It involves ventilators, temporary pacemakers, cardiac monitoring, dialysis and a shit ton of IV medications.

 

[midnightsonata]

Critical care nurse here. Hate to disagree with you guys but this is a viable method. If you take an entire bottle of metoprolol, go lay down, go to sleep, you are not going to be waking up. Someone would have to find you within the first hour for you to have a chance. All that being said, a metoprolol overdose can be treated but it is not a pretty picture. It involves ventilators, temporary pacemakers, cardiac monitoring, dialysis and a shit ton of IV medications.

Would you need a certain strength to be successful?

 

[Halfhourdays]

Critical care nurse here. Hate to disagree with you guys but this is a viable method. If you take an entire bottle of metoprolol, go lay down, go to sleep, you are not going to be waking up. Someone would have to find you within the first hour for you to have a chance. All that being said, a metoprolol overdose can be treated but it is not a pretty picture. It involves ventilators, temporary pacemakers, cardiac monitoring, dialysis and a shit ton of IV medications.

How much is needed to OD?

Can you OD on other AEs, like Zofran?

 

[opheliaoveragain]

How much is needed to OD?

Can you OD on other AEs, like Zofran?

I can't imagine zofran killing anyone. maybe i'm off base but I feel like a ton of other things would occur before you even got close to a lethal dose.

 

[ForeverBroken]

Would you need a certain strength to be successful?

Nope. Just taking a whole bottle would do it. I'm personally on 25mg for a fast heart rate. I get a 3 month prescription so that's 180 pills. It would definitely do you in. Wasn't my preferred method but I'm thinking it may be the way for me. Just take the whole damn bottle and go take a nap.
Antiemetics won't work. They can cause you to be extremely ill but not to the point of death. Unless you have some thing else going on. I took care of an elderly woman this past weekend. She took 3 bottles of Benadryl and 1 bottle of Tylenol. She didn't make it. Was sad. Point is, she had other health issues and these common meds did her in. Her body couldn't handle it.

 

[midnightsonata]

Nope. Just taking a whole bottle would do it. I'm personally on 25mg for a fast heart rate. I get a 3 month prescription so that's 180 pills. It would definitely do you in. Wasn't my preferred method but I'm thinking it may be the way for me. Just take the whole damn bottle and go take a nap.
Antiemetics won't work. They can cause you to be extremely ill but not to the point of death. Unless you have some thing else going on. I took care of an elderly woman this past weekend. She took 3 bottles of Benadryl and 1 bottle of Tylenol. She didn't make it. Was sad. Point is, she had other health issues and these common meds did her in. Her body couldn't handle it.

Would vomiting be an issue?