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Medication Overdose: Symptoms and Treatments

A proportionate dose of medicine can save you even from the worst of diseases, but its overdose can result in a serious accident as well. There have been considered a large number of instances where unfortunately people have even lost their lives as a consequence of medicine overdose.

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Medication Overdose: Symptoms and Treatments

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  1. Park Group of Hospitals Medication Overdose: Symptoms and Treatments

  2. N E X T A proportionate dose of medicine can save you even from the worst of diseases, but its overdose can result into a serious accident as well. There have been considered a large number of instances where unfortunately people have even lost their lives as a consequence of medicine overdose. And, therefore, SJ Finn from Australia initiated International Overdose Awareness Day in 2001 to raise awareness of overdoses, reduce the stigma of drug-related deaths and acknowledge the grief felt by families and friends. Since 2012, it has become a global event which is held on 31st of August each year. Today, let’s know more about its symptoms and treatment.

  3. Why does medication overdose happen? The overdose of medication can be accidental or intentional. It occurs when a person takes more than the dose recommended by the doctor. However, some people are more sensitive to certain medications, so even a dose that is within the range of acceptable medical use may be too much for their bodies to handle. Sleeping pills overdose and antidepressant overdose are some of the common medicine overdoses that result into unstable situations

  4. What are the symptoms of an overdose of pills? 1. Fluctuations in the vital signs like body temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure may be observed. They can either get increased, decreased, or completely absent. Dizziness, sleepiness, and even coma are common The skin may turn pale and cold, or hot and dry Chest pain might occur because of heart or lung damage Shortness of breath Abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, etc. Vomiting blood or blood in bowel movements, which is really dangerous Organ damage 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

  5. What can be sought as treatment for overdose? The doctor starts the drug overdose treatment depending upon the kind of drug that has been overdosed, the time, the amount, and the underlying medical problems. On rare occasions, doctors wash out the stomach by stomach pumping to mechanically remove unabsorbed drugs from the stomach. Sometimes, activated charcoal may also be given to help bind drugs and expel them out via the stool. This helps in the reduction of the amount of drug absorbed in the blood.

  6. In certain cases, the doctor may give the intoxicated person a few more medicines either to serve as an antidote to reverse the effects of what was taken or to prevent the harm that can be caused by the drugs. For more information on medicine overdose or the treatment of overdose, you can reach out to the expert neurologists in Gurgaon at Park Hospital, the best neurology hospital in Gurgaon via +91-7503141435 http://www.parkhospital.in/

  7. Contact Information For questions, comments and inquiries PHONE NUMBER +91-7503141435 EMAIL ADDRESS customercare@parkhos pital.in WEBSITE https://www.parkhospit al.in/

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