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| Up to 10,000 patients a year are being treated in Victorian hospitals for drug overdoses, new statistics show. And most have overdosed on prescription or legal drugs, including tranquillisers, anti-depressants and analgesics.
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| Although national rates for hospital emergency department (ED) mentions of club drugs were low in 2002 (with none exceeding 2 mentions per 100,000 population) and no increases were measured from 2001 to 2002, significant increases in certain club drug mentions were apparent from 1995 to 2002. MDMA ED mentions, for example, increased from 421 in 1995 to 4,026 in 2002; and GHB ED mentions increased from 145 in 1995 to 3,330 in 2002.
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| You should never break, chew, or crush the OxyContin tablet since this causes a large amount of oxycodone to be released from the tablet all at once, potentially resulting in a dangerous or fatal OxyContin overdose.
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| Some heroin users have overdosed on their 'regular dose', after just a few week's break.
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Codeine Overdose

Codeine is a member of the drug class opiates. Opiates include all naturally
occurring drugs with morphine-like effects such as codeine and all semi and
fully synthetic drugs with morphine-like effects such as heroin and meperidine
(Demerol). Codeine can be administered orally (PO), subcutaneously (SC), intramuscularly
(IM) and rectally (PR). Codeine cannot be safely administered by an intravenous
(IV) injection as it may result in pulmonary oedema, facial swelling, dangerous
release of histamines, and various cardiovascular effects. It cannot be administered
intranasally (snorting). Codeine free base can be smoked on the aluminum foil
("chasing the dragon") similarly to smoking heroin.
Codeine can be found in many medications such as Tylenol #3, Actifed with
Codeine, Robitussin A-C, and Empirin #3 for example.
Symptoms of a Codeine overdose include:
- muscle spasticity
- slow and labored breathing
- shallow breathing
- loss of breath
- pinpoint pupils
- bluish colored - fingernails and lips
- skin itching
- spasms of stomach and/or intestinal tract
- constipation
- weak pulse
- low blood pressure
If you or someone you know is experiencing an overdose from Codeine do not
induce vomiting, call the Poison Control Center.
What to expect if you or someone you know is taken for care due to a Codeine
overdose:
- Use gastric lavage
- Administer activated charcoal
- Administer a laxative
- Give a counteracting drug (narcotic antagonist)--multiple doses if needed
- Administer intravenous fluids as needed
- Monitor breathing
- Treat the symptoms
In an acute overdose, recovery is likely within 24 hours if antidote can
be given.
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