Cough Syrup Dextromethorphan is the main ingredient in most cough medicines. Extreme doses can induce a hallucinogenic state, making it an inexpensive and easily obtainable way for teenagers to get high and overdose. Other symptoms of overdosing are blurred vision, confusion, dizziness, drowsiness, severe nausea and vomiting, unsteadiness, reduces breathing rate, severe excitement or nervousness.
Epsom Salts These salts make for a soothing bath to soak sore and aching muscles, but also can be used as an FDA-approved laxative thanks to the magnesium sulfate. But, be aware. High doses will cause ruptures to the intestinal walls that can lead to infection. The salts may also combine dangerously with other things youve consumed, including coffee. Overdose symptoms can also include extreme drowsiness, fainting, flushed skin, feeling overheated, nausea or vomiting.
Addiction, 94 7 , Drugs can relieve pain and cause feelings of pleasure. But they are also dangerous. Related Content To learn more about how tolerance works, visit Opioids and Tolerance. Opioids top the list of drugs that cause overdose-related deaths. Prevention Talk to your doctor. Ask questions and be upfront about personal risk factors.
Follow your prescription instructions. Discuss an overdose plan with family, friends, and partners—including how to use naloxone. What looks like a prescription pill or is sold as one substance may contain a powerful synthetic opioid What to do for an Overdose Try to wake the person up.
Loudly call their name or rub your knuckles on their sternum. Check their eyes; pinpoint pupils are a telltale sign of opioid overdose. Give naloxone, if available. It can wear off before the opioids do.
Perform rescue breathing. Polydrug Cocktails: Opiates and Alcohol. Prevention Avoid mixing drugs. Know your body. What to do for an Overdose Call Try to keep the person conscious and sitting up. Stay with the person. Counterfeit Drugs. Some examples of substitutions: "Bath salts" and related drugs known as synthetic cathinones are often sold as or added to ecstasy, cocaine, or methamphetamine.
Illegally manufactured fentanyl an opioid is often sold as or added to heroin or cocaine, pressed into counterfeit prescription pills, and even added to marijuana. Marijuana is sometimes "enhanced" with PCP. Prevention Keep nicotine gum and liquid nicotine for e-cigarettes up and away from children.
Understand the instructions and dosage of your products. Cocaine and Other Stimulants. Prevention A healthy body equals better heart health.
Try to eat, sleep, exercise, and stay hydrated. Be careful. Midol can cause liver failure or even death if you overdose on these small pills. Initial signs of an APAP overdose include loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, sweating and confusion or weakness.
Tylenol Tylenol offers the same risk as Midol, which is Acetaminophen. Doctors recommend only taking 3, milligrams of APAP in a hour period. Talk about safe storage and safe handling with everyone you know who takes medications.
They can be hard conversations, but one pill can kill, and we do not want it to happen to you or your loved ones. We know that about 50, U. The good news, most of those children go home without having suffered any serious harm. The scary news is that about 9, children need to be hospitalized, and some, like Maisie, die from the poisoning. Medicines are powerful lifesavers, but can also be dangerous — especially to babies, children and teens.
The best way to protect kids from unintentional poisoning is to put medicines away safely. Use these tips to keep children from finding medicines in your home:. On the morning Maisie died, I was the on-call physician for the team that reviews all unexpected deaths of children. The phone calls started to come in.
First the investigators, asking if I thought they were missing anything. Her room was perfect, all safe sleep guidelines were followed, the house was completely child-safe. Then my mother called, as soon as she heard. Since we knew the family so well, this might have been the hardest of the calls to take. A wonderful, happy, healthy and so very loved little child had been lost, and the family was devastated.
It serves as a launch point to talk to families about poisoning prevention so that maybe, no other families have to suffer. Prior to entering medical school, Dr. Both Adam and MaryBeth continue to parent Maisie as an advocate at all levels for improved poison control standards, safer drug packaging, and child safety laws. You may be trying to access this site from a secured browser on the server.
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