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 recommended amount of a drug or enough to have a harmful effect on your body’s functions, you have overdosed. An overdose can lead to serious medical complications, including death.
The symptoms of a drug overdose may vary depending on the person, drug, and amount taken. However, universal symptoms include:
• nausea and vomiting
• drowsiness
• loss of consciousness
• trouble breathing
• difficulty walking
• agitation
• aggression or violence
• enlarged pupils
• tremors
• convulsions
• hallucinations or delusions
You should seek medical help immediately if you have these symptoms or witness them in someone else and suspect they may have overdosed.
Prevention of drug overdose involves avoiding or limiting the use of drugs, following dosage instructions carefully, storing drugs properly, and seeking help for mental health issues or substance use disorders.
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