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	Brain death; coma; neurological damage; heart failure; liver failure; stroke; 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. Typically it is used for cases when a risk to health will potentially result. An overdose may result in a toxic state or death.

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