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Drug overdose

A drug overdose (overdose or OD) is the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities much greater than are recommended. Typically the term is applied for cases when a risk to health is a potential result. An overdose may result in a toxic state or death.

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Causes
Miscalculation · Misjudgement · Peer pressure · Addiction · Depression
Complications
Neurological damage · Heart failure · Liver failure · Stroke · Coma
Differential diagnosis
Pulmonary aspiration · Foreign body aspiration · Heart attack · Epilepsy
Other names
Overdose, OD, hotshot, wasted, intoxication, gassed, medicinal poisoning
Risk factors
Trauma · Physical abuse · Sexual abuse · Child abuse · Bullying
Specialty
Toxicology, emergency medicine

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Drug overdose

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Drug overdose

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has prevention · 12
Drug overdose → CDC, Disease Control, Healthcare, HIV/AIDS, Nevertheless, North Carolina, Prevention, Programs, Supervised, The, The Centers, They
see also · 11
Drug overdose → Change, Club, Drug, Harm, Liver, Notional, Potentially, Substance, Tests, Use, Vedas
Causes · 9
Drug overdose → Addiction, Anxiety, Depression, Miscalculation, Misjudgement, Peer pressure, Physical pain, Stress, Suicidal ideation
related to Classification · 7
Drug overdose → Accidental, Cocaine, Drug, Intentional, The, Unintentional, Usage
Complications · 6
Drug overdose → Brain death, Coma, Heart failure, Liver failure, Neurological damage, Stroke
Risk factors · 6
Drug overdose → Bullying, Child abuse, Intravenous drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual abuse, Trauma
related to Epidemiology and statistics · 6
Drug overdose → Bar, In, March, Overdose, The, US
related to Diagnosis · 5
Drug overdose → Examination, However, Negative, Other, The
Differential diagnosis · 4
Drug overdose → Epilepsy, Foreign body aspiration, Heart attack, Pulmonary aspiration
Treatment · 3
Drug overdose → Activated charcoal, Antidotes, Stomach pump

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Drug overdoseCausesMisjudgement1.00infobox
Drug overdoseCausesPeer pressure1.00infobox
Drug overdoseCausesAddiction1.00infobox
Drug overdoseCausesDepression1.00infobox
Drug overdoseCausesAnxiety1.00infobox
Drug overdoseCausesSuicidal ideation1.00infobox
Drug overdoseCausesPhysical pain1.00infobox
Drug overdoseCausesStress1.00infobox
Drug overdoseComplicationsNeurological damage1.00infobox
Drug overdoseComplicationsHeart failure1.00infobox
Drug overdoseComplicationsLiver failure1.00infobox
Drug overdoseComplicationsStroke1.00infobox
Drug overdoseComplicationsComa1.00infobox
Drug overdoseComplicationsBrain death1.00infobox
Drug overdoseDifferential diagnosisPulmonary aspiration1.00infobox
Drug overdoseDifferential diagnosisForeign body aspiration1.00infobox
Drug overdoseDifferential diagnosisHeart attack1.00infobox
Drug overdoseDifferential diagnosisEpilepsy1.00infobox
Drug overdoseOther namesOverdose, OD, hotshot, wasted, intoxication, gassed, medicinal poisoning1.00infobox
Drug overdoseRisk factorsTrauma1.00infobox
Drug overdoseRisk factorsPhysical abuse1.00infobox
Drug overdoseRisk factorsSexual abuse1.00infobox
Drug overdoseRisk factorsChild abuse1.00infobox
Drug overdoseRisk factorsBullying1.00infobox
Drug overdoseRisk factorsIntravenous drug use1.00infobox
Drug overdoseSpecialtyToxicology, emergency medicine1.00infobox
Drug overdoseSymptomsVary depending on the drug and the amount used Commonly: Hematemesis, Seizures, Pale skin1.00infobox
Drug overdoseTreatmentActivated charcoal1.00infobox
Drug overdoseTreatmentStomach pump1.00infobox

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