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1. overdose Substance abuse Consumption of a therapeutic agent, drug, or narcotic, in excess of that required to produce the desired effects; overdoses are either accidental or suicidal and many agents have their own relatvely characteristic clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic 'fingerprint'. See 'Designer' drugs, Heroin, 'Ice. ', Withdrawal.

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2. Sep 04,  · Definition: An overdose represents a pathologic level of drug toxicity—at such a magnitude that it overwhelms normal physiological functioning. Depending on what drug a person has taken, symptoms of an overdose vary.

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3. Sep 01,  · Overdose (OD) happens when a toxic amount of a drug, or combination of drugs overwhelms the body. People can overdose on lots of things, including alcohol, Tylenol, opioids or .

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4. A drug overdose is taking too much of a substance, whether it’s prescription, over-the-counter, legal, or illegal. Drug overdoses may be accidental or intentional. If you’ve taken more than the Author: Mary Ellen Ellis.

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5. Intentional overdoses are usually a result of someone trying to commit suicide. Regardless of the intent, any loss of life due to an overdose is tragic and any overdose can have severe and lasting repercussions. If substance abuse behavior persists, there remains a real possibility of overdose.

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6. Overdose Death Maps In , an average of 41 people died each day from overdoses involving prescription opioids, totaling nearly 15, deaths. 1 While prescription opioids were involved in 32% of all opioid overdose deaths in , there was a % decrease in prescription opioid-involved death rates from to

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7. Mar 10,  · National Drug Overdose Deaths—Number Among All Ages, by Gender, More than 67, Americans died from drug-involved overdose in .

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9. Feb 24,  · Total overdose death numbers also include cases where drugs are given to a person in a criminal act (a homicide, if a death occurs.) With most drugs, there are more accidental deaths than suicides or homicides. Some overdoses happen when people leave drug treatment. During treatment, a person goes through a detoxification (“detox”) process.

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