meth overdose?
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you can go into respiratory arrest and have trouble breathing or even stop breathing. you can also have a heart attack. if you honestly thing you're about to OD on meth, you neet to get to a hospital or call 911. don't take the chance and think that it isn't that serious and end up dead. meth overdose isn't that common, but it still is dangerous and you can cause serious damage to your heart, lungs and brain. and stop using meth. i swear to you that if you quit, after about a month, you start feeling better than you've ever felt, and your quality of life will improve 100%. it really is woth it. find an NA meeting and go as much as you can. i know it sounds silly, but it really works.
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If you suspect someone is suffering from an overdose of any kind, call an ambulance--any type of overdose is serious!
easy to OD on the stuff.
Agitation, hostility, hallucinations, convulsions, possible death, high temp. are some of the symptoms.
Usually high temp is a big one. that can lead to the convulsions or seizures, and all of it can lead to death.
It can also present with no symptoms.
Severity of signs and symptoms indicate how an intoxication has progressed or is progressing, with severe progression leading to death. Less severe signs and symptoms include those that are exclusive, but also characteristic of severe progression. These signs and symptoms include sweating profusely, rapid breathing, increased heart rate and dilated pupils. Brenda’s first sign that something was terribly wrong was when her heart started beating uncontrollably. She then immediately panicked and thought to herself that she was going to die.
Profuse sweating, rapid breathing, increased heart rate and dilated pupils are all associated with stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system. It is the sympathetic nervous system that accelerates the heart rate, constricts the blood vessels, and raises blood pressure.
Methamphetamine acts specifically on the sympathetic nervous system causing increased release of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine and allowing norepinephrine to remain active by decreasing its uptake. This increase in norepinephrine accelerates the heart rate, constricts blood vessels, and raises blood pressure.
As the heart beats faster, more energy is needed for the body to accommodate the extra workload the heart is producing. As the body uses the energy for bodily functions, some energy is also released as heat in the form of sweat, thus explaining why profuse sweating happens in an overdose. At a certain point, the fluids needed to produce the sweat deplete, causing dehydration. Because the body doesn’t have an effective way to release the heat, the heat accumulates and produces a rise in body temperature.
To treat the rise in temperature, ice blankets can cool the body externally, while special drugs control internal cooling. Drinking liquids prevents excessive dehydration and restores body fluids. The physician assistant at the Lame Deer clinic had given fluid to Brenda in an attempt to rehydrate her.
All of the physiological effects associated with the sympathetic nervous system including increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, and vascular constriction, affect many organ systems, causing heart problems, stroke, and acute kidney failure.
shouldn't be doing that..
Here are some symptoms: extreme weight loss, severe malnutrition, aggression, violence, belligerence, toxic psychosis, paranoia, hallucinations, hysteria, sleep deprivation, stroke, and heart failure.
If you have these symptoms get medical help!
make sure the throat and mouth are clear, if breathing stops, do cpr, get them to a hospital asap
you get weak, tired, sevear head ake, vomitting, sweating, teary eyes. You need to get the victem to a hospital, or get pure adriline and with a seringe stab it into the chest so that it hits the heart!
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