Woman Admits to Poisoning Boyfriend With Visine Drops

[slimvictor]

A 33-year-old Pennsylvania woman could spend the rest of her life in prison after admitting to police that she repeatedly poisoned her boyfriend with Visine eye drops for more than three years in a bid for his attention.

Vickie Jo Mills of Ayr Township, Pa., was arrested Thursday and charged with 10 counts of aggravated assault, 10 counts of simple assault and 10 counts of reckless endangerment after she told authorities she slipped Visine eye drops into the drinking water of her boyfriend, 45-year-old Thurman Edgar Nesbitt III.

Mills, who has a child with Nesbitt, told Pennsylvania State Police she put Visine drops, medicinally used to “get the red out” of eyes, into his drinking water 10 to 12 times since June 2009.

Nesbitt had been sick for years with symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and blood pressure and breathing problems, according to police. His doctor, Dr. Harry Johnston, alerted authorities in after detecting traces of tetrahydrozoline, a chemical found in eye drops, in Nesbitt’s blood tests.

A follow up test at the police station showed Nesbitt had 49 nanograms per milliliter of tetrahydrozoline in his system, categorized by medical experts as “an extremely high level, according to the Record Herald newspaper.

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The 30 charges filed against her carry a maximum combined sentence of 240 years in jail and more than $300,000 in fines, according to the judge in the case...

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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/08/woman-admits-to-poisoning-boyfriend-with-visine-drops/

 

[edgarshade]

How, exactly, does secretly poisoning someone so that they have "nausea, vomiting and blood pressure and breathing problems" increase their attention level towards their partner? It might increase their attention level towards their own symptoms but it's hardly viagra.

 

[ThatOn3Guy]

How, exactly, does secretly poisoning someone so that they have "nausea, vomiting and blood pressure and breathing problems" increase their attention level towards their partner? It might increase their attention level towards their own symptoms but it's hardly viagra.

My hypothesis is, by poisoning him, it puts him in a weakened and dependent state...dependent upon her. He's sick so, naturally he's going to seek care and support.

 

[jones-in_J]

Ive heard of people putting a couple drops in someones drink to make them real sick but not killing them by doing it so much

 

[23536]

a medical perspective:

Over-the-counter phthalmic and nasal decongestants frequently contain imidazolines such as tetrahydrozoline, naphazoline, and oxymetazoline. These drugs are alpha-agonists. When used topically on the eye or nasal mucosa, peripheral α-2 stimulation causes vasoconstriction and “gets the red out”. However, when ingested and absorbed systemically, central α-2 stimulation inhibits vasomotor centers, causing vasodilatation and a drop in blood pressure. This effect is similar to that of clonidine, another central α-2 stimulator. Signs and symptoms of imidazoline toxicity include lethargy, coma, respiratory depression, bradycardia, hypotension, hypothermia miosis, and blurred vision. Treatment is supportive, with administration of fluids and atropine as indicated.

Imidazoline poisoning should be considered when a patient presents with unexplained bradycardia and hypotension. As we’ve pointed out in the past, the mnemonic for toxic causes of bradycardia is PACED:

Propranolol/beta-blockers, poppies (opium), propoxyphene, physostigmine
Antichlolinesterases, antiarrhythmics
Calcium channel blockers, clonidine, clear-eye products
Ethanol and other alcohols
Digoxin

An urban myth holds that ingesting just a few drops of Visine will cause diarrhea. Therefore, a common childhood prank is to poison a buddy’s beverage with an imidazoline, and then wait for him or her to rush off to the lavatory posthaste. However, imidazolines generally do not cause diarrhea.

http://www.thepoisonreview.com/2012/08/14/woman-poisons-boyfriend-with-visine/

 

[panic_the_digital]

^Yep.

 

[Delphinia]

she might have been poisoning him to get him to stay home

 

[sekio]

I thought this was an urban legend... but apparently this kind of shit is common

 

[AlphaMethylPhenyl]

yuck and wtf

 

[HighonLife]

i was always told that putting visine in someones eye drops gives em the squirts

this was also in wedding crashers

i didnt know it actually made em sick

 

[jones-in_J]

i was always told that putting visine in someones eye drops gives em the squirts

this was also in wedding crashers

i didnt know it actually made em sick

Re-read what you wrote. Visine in their eye drops haha