Drug overdose

Drug overdose
Drug overdose
Other names	Overdose, OD, Hotshot, Wasted, Intoxication, Gassed, Medicinal Poisoning
	A photograph showing a person who had overdosed
Specialty	Toxicology
Symptoms	Vary depending on the drug and the amount used
Complications	Neurological damage; Heart failure; Liver failure; Stroke; Coma; Brain death; Suicide;
Causes	Miscalculation; Misjudgement; Addiction; depression; anxiety; suicidal ideation; physical pain; stress;
Risk factors	Trauma; Physical abuse; Sexual abuse; Child abuse; Bullying; Intravenous drug use;
Differential diagnosis	Pulmonary aspiration; Foreign body aspiration; Heart attack; Epilepsy;
Treatment	Activated charcoal; Stomach pump; Antidotes;

A drug overdose (overdose or OD) is the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities much greater than are recommended.^[2]^[3] Typically it is used for cases when a risk to health will potentially result.^[2] An overdose may result in a toxic state or death.^[3]

^ Fentanyl. Image 4 of 17. US DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration). See archive with caption: "photo illustration of 2 milligrams of fentanyl, a lethal dose in most people".
^ ^a ^b Definitions Archived February 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on September 20, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Stairway to Recovery: Glossary of Terms" Archived July 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on March 19, 2021

[1] Fentanyl. Image 4 of 17. US DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration). See archive with caption: "photo illustration of 2 milligrams of fentanyl, a lethal dose in most people".

[Def2014-2] Definitions Archived February 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on September 20, 2014.

[uphs-3] "Stairway to Recovery: Glossary of Terms" Archived July 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on March 19, 2021

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