Condition

Drug Overdose

Taking too much of a drug or medicine, which can cause dangerous effects on breathing, the heart or the brain and needs emergency care.

Also called: overdose, opioid overdose, poisoning

Who Can Help with Drug Overdose?

• Emergency Medicine Doctors

  A physician who treats sudden illness and injury in a hospital emergency department.

• Critical Care Doctors

  A physician who treats critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).

• Addiction Medicine Doctors

  A physician who treats alcohol, opioid and other substance use disorders, including medicine-assisted treatment.

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