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News out of Melbourne that Ben Cousins has been rushed to hospital after suffering a reaction to "sleeping tablets"

aceman wrote:News out of Melbourne that Ben Cousins has been rushed to hospital after suffering a reaction to "sleeping tablets"

"Sleeping tablets" and something else perhaps???

It appears another addictive stimulant has been substituted for the one he used to use:
http://au.sports.yahoo.com/afl/news/art ... ins-health

Richmond s Ben Cousins has been hospitalised after a reaction to a sleeping tablet, the club says.
A dangerous mixture of caffeine pills, wine and sleeping pills may be to blame for Ben Cousins' ill health.

I'm amazed at how little comment this thread has attracted from our posters.

Is it a case of over the Cousins saga?

Or, is it just not that much of a story?

Or maybe because caffeine, wine and sleeping pills are all legal...


WTF was he thinking? Tramadol and vodka next!

How long before the papers can stop trotting out his "rap sheet" anytime there is a story concerning Cousins?

Everyone including himself knows he has previously had to battle a problem (no easy fight), will a moral obligation toward the person involved ever come into it?

No problem with reporting the news as they have done in this instance and previously, but there has to be a time he is cut some slack on past misdemeanour's IMHO.

Constance_Perm wrote:How long before the papers can stop trotting out his "rap sheet" anytime there is a story concerning Cousins?

Everyone including himself knows he has previously had to battle a problem (no easy fight), will a moral obligation toward the person involved ever come into it?

No problem with reporting the news as they have done in this instance and previously, but there has to be a time he is cut some slack on past misdemeanour's IMHO.

Well said. Every network on TV covering this story has started with 'Recovering drug addict Ben Cousins...'. Yeah, we know. Thanks.

He's only done what I would think most AFL players do before and after games. Even Tom Harley said on Sunrise this morning that he took caffeine tablets, and a large percentage of AFL players would use sleeping tablets I would think, especially trying to come down after night games when they may have a 7am recovery session the next morning.

Give the bloke a break.

Dogwatcher wrote:I'm amazed at how little comment this thread has attracted from our posters.

Is it a case of over the Cousins saga?

Or, is it just not that much of a story?

All of the above.

It's a credit to the site and the posters here that this thread is so short

You should see the equivalent thread on BigFooty

You bother going on Big Footy still?

Was it Spider Everitt who said a few years back that he took 4 caffeine tabs before a game and 4 at half time, some of these caffeine tablets have over 100mg of caffeine each.

Take several Caffeine tabs before footy and at half time, great win by the tigers - celebrate with a few beers and maybe spirits, struggling to sleep add in a couple of stilnox and i suppose anything could happen.

The bloke is the most tested of any athlete on the planet at the moment ( including Lance Armstrong ) so until we hear otherwise maybe people should cut him some slack.

Booney wrote:You bother going on Big Footy still?

I do. Impossible to get a bite here.

regards,

REB

Rik E Boy wrote:

Booney wrote:You bother going on Big Footy still?

I do. Impossible to get a bite here.

regards,

REB

That's because most people have you on the "foe" list here REB

SJABC wrote:

Rik E Boy wrote:

Booney wrote:You bother going on Big Footy still?

I do. Impossible to get a bite here.

regards,

REB

That's because most people have you on the "foe" list here REB

ignore list ha ha. Foe that's a bit harsh. I'm a hell of a bloke just ask me.

regards,

REB

Booney wrote:You bother going on Big Footy still?

It's got a good board for Super Coach discussion

I went to the main board to see if there was an update on his condition and OMG

Rik E Boy wrote:

SJABC wrote:

Rik E Boy wrote:

Booney wrote:You bother going on Big Footy still?

I do. Impossible to get a bite here.

regards,

REB

That's because most people have you on the "foe" list here REB

ignore list ha ha. Foe that's a bit harsh. I'm a hell of a bloke just ask me.

regards,

REB

Obviously, you're a Cat supporter...

Who would like the Papparatzi to follow you around...?

Put your hand up....

I feel for this great footy player.

The Panther wrote:Was it Spider Everitt who said a few years back that he took 4 caffeine tabs before a game and 4 at half time, some of these caffeine tablets have over 100mg of caffeine each.
Take several Caffeine tabs before footy and at half time, great win by the tigers - celebrate with a few beers and maybe spirits, struggling to sleep add in a couple of stilnox and i suppose anything could happen.
The bloke is the most tested of any athlete on the planet at the moment ( including Lance Armstrong ) so until we hear otherwise maybe people should cut him some slack.

It is nuts that this is allowed - or that drinks like Pepsi Maxx are - this stuff is not much less addictive than cocaine in equivalent doses..
I guess there is a lot of state revenue raised from addiction - caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, gambling..

Anything you can do, I can do better!!!

AFL player manager Ricky Nixon rushed to hospital Mark Robinson and Matt Schulz From: Herald Sun July 12, 2010 8:32AM Increase MEDICAL SCARE: AFL player manager Ricky Nixon was rushed to hospital after being found unconscious in his home. Picture: Tim Carrafa Source: Herald Sun
HIGH profile AFL player manager Ricky Nixon has been rushed to a Melbourne hospital this morning after being found unconscious at his home.
Ambulance Victoria and refused to say how he had been treated, but it is understood sleeping pills may have been involved.

Nixon's work associate Greg Miller said his wife was by his side and that he was "fine".

''I don't know too much about it, except he is fine. I got up to watch the soccer and I already had a message on my phone, so something happened overnight,'' Mr Miller said.

''He's fine, he was at home, and he was taken to hospital.

''His wife Judy is with him."

Ambulance spokeswoman Susannah Wilson said this morning that paramedics had rushed to treat a 47-year-old man from Kew at his home after being called to the house just after midnight.