Deaths associated with crack are often a result of cardiac arrest or seizure followed by respiratory arrest.
Consuming alcohol or any other type of recreational drug while taking Ativan can intensify the effects and side effects of the drug.
During 2007, approximately 35% of the drug overdose death in the United States that were classified as suicides were reported to involve various opioid medications.
Alcohol depresses body functions that play a key role in involuntary actions such as breathing and the gag reflex which prevents choking. A fatal dose of alcohol will eventually stop these functions.
Both new and experienced heroin users put themselves at risk of overdosing on heroin because it is impossible for them to know the purity of the heroin they are using.