How Do I Get My Son Off Drugs?

My fiance can’t drink because of some genetic disorder. He can only describe it in the words that I am about to describe it. He doesn’t know what to call it, he just knows he cant drink alcohol, because his body can’t metabolize the alcohol. He asked me to look it up for him, but I can’t unless I know what I’m looking for. He asked his mom, and she didn’t know either.

When he was 14, he got sick, so he took some Nyquil. It has 10% alcohol in the bottle, you know. He only took a half of the measuring cup for the dose. Three days later, in lunch at school, he doubled over in pain, in the general area of his liver. The pain lasted about twenty minutes, and the school nurse gave him aspirin for a stomach ache (not the brightest nurse). He got home and the pain came back. The pain got worse. His body temp went up (its already high to begin with, about 98.8), he started sweating. He began to vomit a dark chocolate colored metalic tasting substance. They took him to the hospital. The doctors gave him liquid charcoal, thinking he’d been poisoned. About an hour after arriving at the hospital, he threw up the dark metalic tasting stuff, this time followed by the charcoal as well. They took an ultrasound to see if they could see what was wrong with him, to see if there was visible damage. They saw abnormality on his liver. They ran a blood test to see if he’d been poisoned and his blood alcohol level was through the roof (.16) which is odd because he doesn’t drink. The doctors asked if he’d had anything to drink with alcohol and he mentioned the Nyquil. He said that he’d only had two tablespoons of Nyquil. The doctors said that his blood alcohol level was the equivalent of having drank 12 oz of jack daniels, which is extreme for a 14 year old. Back then, the formula for the giant family bottle of Nyquil contained %25 alcohol. The doctor asked his mom if her alcohol tolerance was high or low. she said it was low, to which the doctor explained that her son (my fiance) is allergic to alcohol.

What is this?
i asked what is this and i get yes?

and how does “home remedies” help?
Thanks frank! and trust me, i don’t cook with alcohol unless he’s not eating it!

Years of fighting doctors that have him hooked, mood swings, depression, living in a fog, can’t focus, behavior problems that showed up when he started these chemicals at two years old – but it doesn’t “exist” and I’m a “bad parent”. It’s clearly stopping him from accomplishing what HE wants to do in life, the talents he has are not coming out as they should.

Yes, I’ve been all over the FDA website, was on this years ago regarding Singulair that they FINALLY acknowledged as a major problem in many adolescents, but he just gets shoved from one to another. I try to take him off, use food high in antioxidants & anti-inflamatories, lots of vitamin C, but I can’t keep up or control it nor influence him.

I need to find an experienced way that works. He can’t function without these meds now. Playing the trumpet & clearing lungs works, but he’s so fogged, with “A.D.D.” that comes out as O.D.D., so he resists any homeopathic or natural approach. Not a “controlling parent”, just very concerned as I watch this bright kid lose himself – he’s essentially a drug-addict with the help & blessings of pediatricians over the past 15 years, and I’m just a “dingbat”. But I have watched this correlation between behavior patterns and increased chemical usage for 15 years now, it’s so obvious to me but I cannot convince anyone else.
Tired of this pill factory this country has got us on – any tried & true suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Any direct messages to this young man would also be very helpful – my sole voice & efforts have diminishing returns – no good at this point – I’m a “nag”.

Don’t try to sell me anything. Looking for real people who have managed their symptoms or weaned themselves or a loved one off of this stuff.

Thanks much.
Thxs Aeriol- We’ve been thru specific allergies tests, no change in protocol.Asthma has never been acute enough to land him on a nebulizer, but only once 10 years ago.Clearing his lungs via exercise & trumpet works well, but sitting or laying down causes him to cough during allergy season especially.It strongly appears that his body has been relying on these chemicals for so long, that he does need to be re-trained.Switching doctors in July, we’ll see if we can’t get a different approach as you’ve suggested.For any parent with a young child with mild asthma, BE WARNED about this chemical cycle that many doctors put your kids on.There is more data to back up my “gut” feelings about this, I’m no genius, but somebody’s making a lot of money off of these meds & doctors go along with it.Took me 4+ years to get the FDA to support my concerns re: SIngulair & it cost my son, as he lived in a “cloud”, basically “stoned”. With the new “healthcare reform”,it’s only going to get worse. Thx.