What are the symptoms of drug overdose

Any medicine has side effects. Although Chinese medicine is relatively mild, it also has certain side effects. Therefore, you should not take too much medicine and must follow the prescription given by the doctor. But some people may be eager to recover, so they aggravate their condition without permission, leading to more serious illness. So what are the symptoms of drug overdose? Generally, drug overdose can cause dizziness and diarrhea. More serious cases can lead to irregular heartbeat and endanger life. Therefore, you must take the medicine strictly according to the doctor's dosage.

1. Symptoms of overdose

Common symptoms of drug poisoning include coma, drowsiness, dizziness, fatigue, diarrhea, and possibly fever. But some may present with heart diseases such as ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation, which can be life-threatening. It is recommended that you drink plenty of water, more than 2000 to 3000 ml per day, which can promote metabolism and excrete toxins from the body.

2. The dangers of overdose

1. The more the excess dosage, the greater the side effects. While treating diseases, drugs may bring some side effects, which is related to factors such as the drug's mechanism of action and dosage. The larger the overdose, the more severe the side effects are usually.

2. Chinese medicine is most afraid of over-tonifying. Chinese medicine treats diseases mainly by relying on its bias.

The so-called "heating the cold, clearing the heat, and supplementing the deficiency" etc., is about using the bias of drugs to regulate the balance of human functions to help the body recover health. However, when Chinese medicine is used excessively, its bias may turn into toxicity.

3. What to do if you overdose

1. All medicines are poisonous. Medicines can cure diseases, but they can also hurt people. If you take too much medicine, if you have just swallowed it, you should induce vomiting with soapy water at home in time to prevent the medicine from continuing to work.

2. If it has been a while since the drug was taken and the drug is still quite toxic, you can let your family members drink large amounts of high-protein liquids, such as milk, soy milk, etc., to prevent the drug from irritating the stomach and replace the damage of the drug to human protein.

3. If you take too much of a small amount of medicine, you don't need to go to the doctor. After inducing vomiting, drink more milk and boiled water and rest for a few days.

If the situation is unclear, it is best to seek medical attention promptly. Doctors will usually induce vomiting and perform gastric lavage and enema first, and then give intravenous injections to relieve drug poisoning depending on the type of medication.

4. It is worth noting that the biggest difference between pesticide poisoning and general drug poisoning is that the mortality rate is extremely high, especially for paraquat. Even if you drink a small sip, it is impossible to save the patient. The patient looks well after rescue, but will die of pulmonary fibrosis soon afterwards.