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    1. The document summarizes signs, treatments, and withdrawal symptoms for overdoses and withdrawal from various classes of drugs including depressants, stimulants, opiates, hallucinogens, and inhalants. 2. For depressant overdoses, treatments focus on clearing airways, inducing vomiting, administering activated charcoal, monitoring vitals, and providing supportive care. Withdrawal symptoms include nausea, vomiting, tachycardia, tremors, and seizures. 3. Stimulant overdoses require managing hyperpyrexia, convulsions, respiratory distress, shock, and acidic urine. Withdrawal brings fatigue, depression, agitation, and drug cravings

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    1. The document summarizes signs, treatments, and withdrawal symptoms for overdoses and withdrawal from various classes of drugs including depressants, stimulants, opiates, hallucinogens, and inhalants. 2. For depressant overdoses, treatments focus on clearing airways, inducing vomiting, administering activated charcoal, monitoring vitals, and providing supportive care. Withdrawal symptoms include nausea, vomiting, tachycardia, tremors, and seizures. 3. Stimulant overdoses require managing hyperpyrexia, convulsions, respiratory distress, shock, and acidic urine. Withdrawal brings fatigue, depression, agitation, and drug cravings

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    1. The document summarizes signs, treatments, and withdrawal symptoms for overdoses and withdrawal from various classes of drugs including depressants, stimulants, opiates, hallucinogens, and inhalants. 2. For depressant overdoses, treatments focus on clearing airways, inducing vomiting, administering activated charcoal, monitoring vitals, and providing supportive care. Withdrawal symptoms include nausea, vomiting, tachycardia, tremors, and seizures. 3. Stimulant overdoses require managing hyperpyrexia, convulsions, respiratory distress, shock, and acidic urine. Withdrawal brings fatigue, depression, agitation, and drug cravings

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    Drug Overdose: Withdrawal Chart

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    The document discusses signs, symptoms, and treatments for overdose and withdrawal from several classes of drugs including CNS depressants, stimulants, opiates, hallucinogens, and inhalants.

    For opioid overdose the signs include pupil dilation, respiratory depression, coma, shock and convulsions. Withdrawal signs include yawning, insomnia, irritability, panic, diarrhea and muscle aches.

    For opioid overdose treatment narcotic antagonists like naloxone are used to reverse CNS depression. For withdrawal, treatments discussed include methadone tapering, clonidine with naltrexone for detoxification, and buprenorphine substitution.

    CNS

    Overdose Withdrawal
    Depressants
    Drug Signs Treatment Signs Treatment
    If awake:
    1. Keep awake  Nausea and
    2. Induce vomiting vomiting
     Cardiovascular 3. Use activated charcoal to absorb  Tachycardia
    or respiratory drug  Diaphoresis Carefully titrated
    depression or 4. Vital signs (VS) q 15 minutes
    arrest (mostly  Anxiety or detoxification with
    Alcohol with agitation similar drug
    Coma:
    Barbiturates barbiturates) 1. Clear airway, intubate IV fluids  Tremors
    Benzodiazepines  Marked insomnia NOTE: Abrupt
     Coma 2. Perform gastric lavage
     Grand mal withdrawal can
     Shock 3. Take seizure precautions
    seizures lead to death
     Convulsions 4. Administer hemodialysis or
     Death peritoneal dialysis if ordered  Delirium (after
    5. Assess VS as ordered 5–15 years of
    6. Assess for shock and cardiac heavy use)
    arrest.

    Stimulants Overdose Withdrawal


    Drug Signs Treatment Signs Treatment
     Respiratory
     Fatigue
    distress
    Management for:  Depression
     Ataxia
    1. Hyperpyrexia  Agitation  Antidepressants
     Hyperpyrexia
    2. Convulsions  Apathy (desipramine)
    Cocaine/crack  Convulsions
    3. Respiratory distress  Anxiety  Dopamine
    Amphetamines  Coma 4. Cardiovascular shock  Sleepiness agonist
     Stroke 5. Acidic urine (ammonium  Disorientation  Bromocriptine
     Myocardial chloride for amphetamine).  Lethargy
    infarction
     Craving
     Death
    Opiates Overdose Withdrawal
    Drug Signs Treatment Signs Treatment
     Yawning, insomnia
     Irritability
     Pupil dilation due
     Rhinorrhea
    to anoxia  Methadone tapering
     Panic
    Heroin  Respiratory Narcotic antagonist  Clonidine-
     Diaphoresis
    Meperidine depression arrest (Narcan) quickly naltrexone
     Cramps
    Morphine  Coma reverses CNS detoxification
     Nausea and vomiting
    Methadone  Shock depression  Buprenorphine
     Muscle aches
     Convulsions substitution
     Chills and fever
     Death
     Lacrimation
     Diarrhea

    Hallucinogens Overdose Withdrawal


    Drug Signs Treatment Signs Treatment
    1. Reduce environmental stimuli
    2. Have one person “talk down
     Psychosis patient”; reassure
    No pattern of
    LSD  Brain damage 3. Speak slowly and clearly
    withdrawal
     Death 4. Administer diazepam or
    chloral hydrate for anxiety as
    ordered
    1. Acidify urine to help excrete
     Possible drug (cranberry juice, ascorbic
    hypertensive acid); in acute stage: ammonium
    crisis chloride
    No pattern of
    PCP  Respiratory 2. Minimize stimuli
    withdrawal
    arrest 3. Do not attempt to talk down;
     Hyperthermia speak slowly in low voice
     Seizures 4. Administer diazepam or
    Haldol as ordered
    Inhalants Overdose Withdrawal
    Drugs Signs Treatment Signs Treatment
     Intoxication
    Volatile solvents such  Agitation
    as butane, paint  Drowsiness
    No pattern of
    thinner, airplane glue,  Disinhibition Support affected systems
    withdrawal
    and nail polish  Staggering
    remover  Light-headedness
     Death
    Enhanced sexual Neurologic symptoms may No pattern of
    Nitrites
    pleasure respond to vitamin B12 and folate withdrawal
    Anesthetics such as Giggling, laughter Chronic users may experience No pattern of
    nitrous oxide Euphoria polyneuropathy and myelopathy withdrawal

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