Draiman Fell Ill After Medication Overdose

Disturbed rocker DAVID DRAIMan has revealed the reasons behind his hospitalisation earlier this year (10) - he was given an overdose of allergy medication.

The band's frontman was receiving regular immunotherapy injections to control his unspecified allergies but fell dangerously ill in October whenhe was accidentally given 10 times the required dose.

His blood pressure plummeted and he was taken to hospital suffering severe anaphylactic shock, and the band was forced to axe several shows while Draiman recovered.

He tells Metal Hammer magazine, "I'd been having allergy shot therapy, and in the middle of the touring cycle an injection that was supposed to be administered at 0.05 of a particular concentration was injected at 0.5- 10 times more than I was supposed to get. "I had severe anaphylactic shock.

Airwaves constricted, blood pressure plummeting.

I was on oxygen for hours and still my blood pressure was way, way low.

This was the day before we were supposed to play three shows in a row and the residual inflammation that came from the allergic reaction meant that I couldn't heal from it in the middle of the touring cycle.

"My vocal cords were pretty beaten up seeing them on a stroboscope waspretty scary. They told me if I sang I'd be risking permanent damage".