Nothing by New Scientist

Author:New Scientist
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Profile
Published: 2013-02-05T05:00:00+00:00

Depressed after splitting up with his girlfriend, Derek Adams took all his pills … then regretted it. Fearing he might die, he asked a neighbour to take him to hospital, where he collapsed. Shaky, pale and drowsy, his blood pressure dropped and his breaths came quickly.

Bafflingly, lab tests and toxicology screening came back clear. Over the next four hours Adams received six litres of saline, but improved little.

Then a doctor arrived from the clinical trial of an anti-depressant in which Adams had been taking part. Adams had enrolled in the study about a month earlier. Initially he had felt his mood buoyed, but an argument with his ex-girlfriend saw him swallow the 29 remaining tablets.

The doctor revealed that Adams was in the control group. The pills he had ‘overdosed’ on were harmless. Hearing this, Adams was surprised and tearfully relieved. Within 15 minutes he was fully alert, and his blood pressure and heart rate had returned to normal.

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