general term for taking an excess of medication; an overdose can be intentional (e.g., suicidal), or accidental (e.g., swallowing too many pills for headache relief).
An accidental or deliberate dose of a medication or street drug that is in excess of what is normally used.
dose too heavily; "The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room"
an excessive dose, especially, but not limited to a narcotic
a dose, which is considerably higher than the effective one, and very near to the toxic one
Taking enough of a drug that toxic side effects occur. With alcohol, toxic side effects can include nausea, vomiting, and death due to suppression of vital reflexes. Important warning signs that someone has overdosed on alcohol include difficulty awakening a person who has been drinking, pale or clammy skin, slow or irregular breathing (less than 8 or 9 breaths per minute). Vomiting while passed out without awakening is a certain sign of an alcohol overdose and immediate medical attention should be sought.
This is when someone takes too much of a substance and the body cannot cope with it anymore, so it makes the person ill. Overdoses can happen if someone takes too many drugs, medicine and even some vitamins and minerals.
When the amount of the drug taken exceeds the body's ability to cope with the drug
A high percentage of overdoses occur among abstinent drug addicts that are in contact with therapeutic structures but have sudden relapses. Various specific types of advice are envisaged as part of harm reduction activities.
An excessively large dose of a drug, which can lead to coma and death.
The result of ingesting too much of a sub-stance such as a drug either in one dose or over the course of time. Symptoms of drug overdose vary with the type of drug taken, and may include severe drowsiness or unconsciousness.
When someone has taken a quantity of a substance/drug that endangers his or her life. If someone had died as a result of an excessive use of a substance, it is described as an overdose.
is the use of any drug in such quantities that acute adverse physical or mental effects occur. Overdose death, can take the form of heart failure, liver failure, or breathing or respiratory failure. Overdose is most common among depressants such as such as heroin, methadone, barbiturates, and solvents, particularly when mixed with other depressant such as alcohol and tranquillisers. Overdose with stimulants is less common, but can occur.
(OH-ver-DOHS) An amount of drug that is more than what should be taken at one time.
The inadvertent or deliberate consumption of a dose much larger than that either habitually used by the individual or ordinarily used for treatment of an illness, and likely to result in a serious toxic reaction or death.
amounts over the prescribed or indicated doses that produce damaging effects.
When a chemical substance is taken in quantities or concentrations that are large enough to overwhelm the body, causing life-threatening illness or death. | Close window
The condition that results when too much of a drug is taken, making a person sick or unconscious and sometimes resulting in death.
a deadly or toxic amount of drugs