Drug overdose
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Drug overdose - Better Health Channel
Alcohol, medications, illegal drugs and some herbal remedies can all cause damage if an overdose is taken.
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Overdose - Alcohol and Drug Foundation
An overdose happens when a toxic amount of a drug or a combination of drugs causes a severe adverse reaction. This can happen because too much is taken or because different drugs are taken at the same time. Combining drugs increases the chances of overdose.
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Understanding overdose - Alcohol and Drug Foundation
Instead of judging, fearing or criticising drug users, we should be supporting our fellow citizens. Theyre just human beings after all.
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Fentanyl Side Effects, Overdose & Withdrawal | Your Room
Fentanyl is a prescription drug which can come with many short and long term side effects. Find out what to do in the case of overdose or withdrawal.
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GHB Effects, Overdose & Poisoning | Your Room
GHB comes with many short and long term side effects. Find out what to do in the case of overdose or poisoning and places to get help.
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NBOMes - Alcohol and Drug Foundation
NBOMe (N-methoxybenzyl) is the name for a series of drugs that have hallucinogenic effects.
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Effects of GHB - fantasy
Using GHB carries a high risk of overdose due to the small difference between the amount required to produce a 'high'and that which causes overdose.
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6 lifesaving tips when taking medication - Alcohol and Drug Foundation
No medications are completely safe. The number of Australians overdosing on pharmaceutical drugs has now overtaken the road toll, the majority of these are accidental. Prescription medications are also causing many unnecessary side effects including addiction in an increasing number of Australians.
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Things to ask your GP - Alcohol and Drug Foundation
We have a problem in Australia with the over prescription of some medications, which is causing many of us unnecessary side effects including addiction and overdose. Medication overdoses are causing more deaths than the road toll.
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Educating GPs on the over-prescription of pharmaceuticals - Alcohol and Drug Foundation
The rescheduling of pharmaceuticals that include codeine will tighten access to these drugs from 1 February. This makes now a timely moment to consider some of the wider measures that GPs can take to improve patient outcomes and avoid the over-prescription of some medications.
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Community use of naloxonefor opioid overdose | Issue 4 | Volume 40 | Australian Prescriber | Australian Prescriber
Will training laypeople in the use of naloxone reduce accidental opioid overdose deaths?
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Management of digoxin toxicity | Issue 1 | Volume 39 | Australian Prescriber
Digoxin toxicity can emerge during long-term therapy for heart failure as well as after an overdose.
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Managing osteoarthritis | Issue 4 | Volume 38 | Australian Prescriber
Management of osteoarthritis should be based on a combination of non-drug and drug treatments targeted towards prevention, modifying risk and disease...
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Dealing with drug-seeking behaviour | Issue 3 | Volume 39 | Australian Prescriber
People who misuse prescription drugs most commonly seek prescriptions for opioids and benzodiazepines. Other...
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Risk assessment of drug-induced QT prolongation | Issue 1 | Volume 38 | Australian Prescriber
Drugs can cause prolongation of the QT interval, alone or in combination, potentially leading to fatal arrhythmias such as torsades de pointes. When...
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Long-term drug treatment of patients with alcohol dependence | Issue 2 | Volume 38 | Australian Prescriber
Drug therapy for alcohol dependence should only be used in conjunction with a comprehensive treatment plan. Naltrexone and acamprosate have well established...
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Prescribing and borderline personality disorder | Issue 2 | Volume 39 | Australian Prescriber
The first-line management for borderline personality disorder is psychosocial treatment, not drugs.
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Antihistamines and allergy | Australian Prescriber
There is now little role for sedating antihistamines in allergic conditions. Discover why they should be avoided.
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Medicinal cannabis | Issue 6 | Volume 38 | Australian Prescriber
A number of therapeutic uses of cannabis and its derivatives have been postulated from preclinical investigations.
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Paediatric urinary incontinence | Issue 6 | Volume 37 | Australian Prescriber
Urinary incontinence, both in the day and at night, is common in school-aged children and can be very distressing for children and their families. An...
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