COLLINGWOOD star Dayne Beams has been hospitalised after experiencing an adverse reaction to pain medication.
In a challenging first season back with the Magpies after returning from Brisbane, the 29-year-old has battled ongoing mental health issues along with season-ending hip and shoulder injuries that required surgery.
"Dayne continues to meet the challenges he's been open about with the assistance of his family, medical professionals and Collingwood," the club said in a statement.
"He was admitted to a Melbourne hospital on Wednesday as a part of his ongoing treatment program.
"Dayne and his family thank everyone for respecting his privacy."
The development comes on the eve of the Pies' finals campaign, which will kick off with a qualifying final clash with Geelong at the MCG on Friday night.
After signing a four-year contract with Collingwood, Beams played just nine games this season and the brilliant midfielder's output was significantly hampered by a chronic hip issue that sidelined him in early June after an unusually quiet showing in the shock round 11 loss to Fremantle.
The dual best and fairest winner and All Australian had originally planned to make a late bid for a return in the finals but in early July he took an indefinite break from the game to focus on his mental health and "regather" himself, revealing the depths of his pain in a raw social media post.
"I am a broken man at the moment and this is very, very real for myself and the people that I love at the moment," Beams shared on Instagram.
"I am not posting this for people to feel sorry for me or to speculate about my life, I am posting this because this is an issue that I will continue to shine a light on because it is real and it can be so so debilitating if it's not treated so I plead with anyone out there doing it tough just to tell someone because in doing that you are already taking the first steps towards recovery and living a happier and loving life."
Beams' personal issues flared during his father Phillip's battle with cancer, which ended in March last year.
The 2010 premiership player returned to the club in late July but within days it was decided he would go under the knife again to repair a shoulder problem, ruling him out for the rest of the season.
Collingwood landed Beams during last year's Trade Period after handing over its first-round picks from last year (pick 21 overall) and this year, and a swap of later picks.
