WHAT CAUSE DRUG OVERDOSE

Drug overdose can be international or accidental and occur when an individual takes more than the medically prescribed dose of a prescription or over the counter drug. However, drug overdose with respect to licit drugs is when a person uses external substances to get high but may take an overdose because their metabolism cannot detoxify the drug fast enough to get high or in other words. Their body becomes immune to use usual quantities of the drug, and thus requires higher dosages to fill its effect. In other words, an overdose occurs when a person takes more than the medically recommended dose.

What are the symptoms and signs of Drug Overdose? 

Drugs have an impact on the entire body. Generally, in an overdose, the effect of the drug may be of a heightened level of the therapeutic effects seen with regular use. In overdose, side effects become more noticeable, and other effects can take place, which would not occur with normal use. Large overdoses of some medications cause only minimal effects, while smaller overdoses of other medications can cause severe effects, possibly death. 

However, some common signs one may witness during an overdose episode are problems with one's vital signs, such as temperature, pulse rate, blood pressure, and breathing. Alteration in one's vital signs can be life-treating; in worse come worse cases, one's vitals may also seem completely absent. Another sign is that the person who has OD'ed may seem disoriented, he/she may seem sleepy, confused, dazed, one may also go i
nto a state of coma. Other general signs of overdoes are when one gets pale, their skin becomes cool and sweaty and/ or clammy, or they start feeling excessively hot and dry. Overdose's show themselves in the form of chest pains that may be caused due to the damage of the lung or heart. This may be accompanied by abdominal pain, nausea, and shortness of breath. One may also vomit blood or excrete blood during their bowel movements.