flushing medications??

[fgold]

I am wondering if anyone can help me out. I am having a debate with other nurses about if it is really possible for a psychiatric patient to "flush out" their medications with water.

It is my position that this is really a myth, that while it technically can be done but in real life it is not happening even 1% of the time nurses claim it is happening

anyone who has any articles about this PLEASE PLEASE give links I really want to know, even if I am wrong

thanks in advance

frank

[SassyRedhead]

Unless it is a psychotropic med like Lithium for which the blood level depends on a balance of water (Na), then I doubt they are "flushing" their meds. More likely, they like the feeling of their mental illness (aka manic bipolar or the voices they may hear with schizophrenia) and are purposely water-intoxing themselves to affect their lytes and therefore their LOC.