Help! (codeine overdose!!)

[Professor Fox]

free waffles.

[Professor Fox]

Goddamn google search is useless@!!!

[Kahlo]

shit, good luck with that

[Kahlo]

The effects in overdosage will be potentiated by simultaneous ingestion of alcohol and psychotropic drugs.

Symptoms
Central nervous system depression, including respiratory depression, may develop but is unlikely to be severe unless other sedative agents have been co-ingested, including alcohol, or the overdose is very large. The pupils may be pin-point in size; nausea and vomiting are common. Hypotension and tachycardia are possible but unlikely.

Management
This should ******* general symptomatic and supportive measures including a clear airway and monitoring of vital signs until stable. Consider activated charcoal if an adult presents within one hour of ingestion of more than 350 mg or a child more than 5 mg/kg.

Give naloxone if coma or respiratory depression is present. Naloxone is a competitive antagonist and has a short half-life so large and repeated doses may be required in a seriously poisoned patient. Observe for at least four hours after ingestion, or eight hours if a sustained release preparation has been taken.

[Professor Fox]

should I drink milk? should I drink fluids? Should I take zantac 75?

Google is a goddamn fucking whore!!!

[Kahlo]

Codeine Overdose

Codeine is a member of the drug class opiates. Opiates ******* all naturally occurring drugs with morphine-like effects such as codeine and all semi and fully synthetic drugs with morphine-like effects such as heroin and meperidine (Demerol). Codeine can be administered orally (PO), subcutaneously (SC), intramuscularly (IM) and rectally (PR). Codeine cannot be safely administered by an intravenous (IV) injection as it may result in pulmonary oedema, facial swelling, dangerous release of histamines, and various cardiovascular effects. It cannot be administered intranasally (snorting). Codeine free base can be smoked on the aluminum foil ("chasing the dragon") similarly to smoking heroin.

Codeine can be found in many medications such as Tylenol #3, Actifed with Codeine, Robitussin A-C, and Empirin #3 for example.

Symptoms of a Codeine overdose include:

* muscle spasticity
* slow and labored breathing
* shallow breathing
* loss of breath
* pinpoint pupils
* bluish colored - fingernails and lips
* skin itching
* spasms of stomach and/or intestinal tract
* constipation
* weak pulse
* low blood pressure

If you or someone you know is experiencing an overdose from Codeine do not induce vomiting, call the Poison Control Center.

What to expect if you or someone you know is taken for care due to a Codeine overdose:

* Use gastric lavage
* Administer activated charcoal
* Administer a laxative
* Give a counteracting drug (narcotic antagonist)--multiple doses if needed
* Administer intravenous fluids as needed
* Monitor breathing
* Treat the symptoms

In an acute overdose, recovery is likely within 24 hours if antidote can be given.

[Kahlo]

laxative that shit

[Professor Fox]

ok.. thanks

[mccririck]

Sleep it off.

[Kahlo]

more stuff if you are serious:

Poison Control Return to top

The National Poison Control Center (1-800-222-1222) can be called from anywhere in the United States. This national hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions.

This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the U.S. use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Take the container with you to the hospital, if possible.

See National Poison Control center.

What to Expect at the Emergency Room Return to top

The health care provider will measure and monitor the patient's vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure.

The patient may receive:

* Medicines to treat symptoms
* Activated charcoal
* Laxative
* A nasogastric (NG) tube thru the nose into the stomach to empty the stomach (gastric lavage)
* Breathing help (possibly artificial respiration)
* A narcotic antagonist (medicine to reverse the effect of the painkiller)

Outlook (Prognosis)

Patients usually get better in 24 hours if an antidote is given.

[Professor Fox]

son of a fuck.... all i hav eare suppositories.. ,will that suffice?

[Professor Fox]

I don't have any exotic medicines like charcol.

[Professor Fox]

God damn fucking shit this sucks!!!!

[Professor Fox]

help!

[Professor Fox]

Should I drink milk???? should I drink at all?????

[Warsaw]

National Poison Control Center (1-800-222-1222)

[Professor Fox]

Originally Posted by Warsaw

National Poison Control Center (1-800-222-1222)

absolutely not. I am getting extremely dizzy, vission is blurry. I don't want an ambulance to show up... out of the question.

[ChristHimself!]

Originally Posted by Professor Fox

absolutely not. I am getting extremely dizzy, vission is blurry. I don't want an ambulance to show up... out of the question.

death v ambulance

pride v death

codeine v life

death v life

[Eulogy]

Originally Posted by Professor Fox

absolutely not. I am getting extremely dizzy, vission is blurry. I don't want an ambulance to show up... out of the question.

um, i'd call that number.

[Professor Fox]

I might pass out any moment know... heart rate is unbelievably faxst

[ChristHimself!]

try eating fresh faeces

[Professor Fox]

Originally Posted by ChristHimself!

try eating fresh faeces

thanks for your help, I would not fuck with you if you were in my situation.

[Professor Fox]

i am home alone.

[ChristHimself!]

try to suck your own dick, the blood rushing to your head will cause you to pass out and when you wake up you'll be dead

[Warsaw]

Call the poison control center you fool! Ask them the questions you are asking here.

[Kahlo]

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1.../HomeAlone.jpg

(1-800-222-1222)

[Warsaw]

This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the U.S. use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

[Professor Fox]

Originally Posted by Warsaw

This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the U.S. use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

i'm in canada

[Eulogy]

Originally Posted by Professor Fox

i'm in canada

you should call an ambulance

[ChristHimself!]

a search for "taken too much codeine" on google turns up;

Naloxone (Narcan) can be given. as an injection to someone who. has taken too much codeine. Seek medical help.