narcotic poisoning
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Related to narcotic poisoning: opiate poisoning
narcotic poisoning
Poisoning caused by narcotic or sleep-producing drugs such as opium and its derivatives.
Symptoms
The patient may experience brief exhilaration followed by drowsiness, respiratory depression, or coma, or, in massive overdoses, death.
Treatment
An airway should be established and ventilation provided. A narcotic antagonist such as naloxone should be given.
See also: poisoning