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What (who) is overdose - definition
INGESTION OR APPLICATION OF A DRUG OR OTHER SUBSTANCE IN QUANTITIES GREATER THAN RECOMMENDED AMOUNT
Overdosing; Overdoses; Drug overdoses; Overdosed; Drug Overdose; Medicinal poisoning; Medicinal Poisoning; Over dosing; Overdose; Accidental Overdose; OD'd; Overdose Prevention; Accidental overdose; Salicylate intoxication; O.d.'ing; Od'ing; Drug poisoning; Overdose prevention; Drug OD; Overdose drugs; Overdose drug; Overdose treatment; Substance overdose
![gastrointestinal tract]] in overdoses.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CharcoalPO.jpg?width=200 "gastrointestinal tract]] in overdoses.")
![Timeline of US drug overdose death rates by race and ethnicity.<ref name=NCHS>[https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data-visualization/drug-poisoning-mortality NCHS Data Visualization Gallery—Drug Poisoning Mortality]. From [[National Center for Health Statistics]]. Open the dashboard dropdown menu and pick "U.S. Trends". From the menus on the right pick all races, all ages, and both sexes. Run your cursor over the graph to see the data.</ref> Rate per 100,000 population.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Timeline. US drug overdose death rate by race and ethnicity.gif?width=200 "Timeline of US drug overdose death rates by race and ethnicity.<ref name=NCHS>[https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data-visualization/drug-poisoning-mortality NCHS Data Visualization Gallery—Drug Poisoning Mortality]. From [[National Center for Health Statistics]]. Open the dashboard dropdown menu and pick \"U.S. Trends\". From the menus on the right pick all races, all ages, and both sexes. Run your cursor over the graph to see the data.</ref> Rate per 100,000 population.")
![date=2015-11-28}}. By [[National Institute on Drug Abuse]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/US timeline. Number of overdose deaths from all drugs.jpg?width=200 "date=2015-11-28}}. By [[National Institute on Drug Abuse]].")
![U.S. yearly overdose deaths involving [[benzodiazepines]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/US timeline. Benzodiazepine deaths.jpg?width=200 "U.S. yearly overdose deaths involving [[benzodiazepines]].")
![U.S. yearly overdose deaths involving [[cocaine]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/US timeline. Cocaine deaths.jpg?width=200 "U.S. yearly overdose deaths involving [[cocaine]].")
![U.S. yearly overdose deaths involving [[heroin]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/US timeline. Heroin deaths.jpg?width=200 "U.S. yearly overdose deaths involving [[heroin]].")
![U.S. overdose deaths involving all [[opioids]]. Deaths per 100,000 population.[https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/analysis.html Opioid Data Analysis and Resources. Drug Overdose. CDC Injury Center]. [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]. Click on "Rising Rates" tab for a graph. See data table below the graph.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Timeline. Overdose death rates involving opioids, by type, United States.gif?width=200 "U.S. overdose deaths involving all [[opioids]]. Deaths per 100,000 population.[https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/analysis.html Opioid Data Analysis and Resources. Drug Overdose. CDC Injury Center]. [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]. Click on \"Rising Rates\" tab for a graph. See data table below the graph.")
![Non-methadone synthetics]] is a category dominated by illegally acquired [[fentanyl]], and has been excluded.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/US timeline. Prescription opioid pain reliever deaths.jpg?width=200 "Non-methadone synthetics]] is a category dominated by illegally acquired [[fentanyl]], and has been excluded.")
![synthetic opioids]]) with 28,466 deaths.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/US timeline. Drugs involved in overdose deaths.jpg?width=200 "synthetic opioids]]) with 28,466 deaths.")
overdose
(overdoses, overdosing, overdosed)
1.
If someone takes an overdose of a drug, they take more of it than is safe.
Each year, one in 100 girls aged 15-19 takes an overdose...
N-COUNT: usu sing
2.
If someone overdoses on a drug, they take more of it than is safe.
He'd overdosed on heroin...
Medical opinion varies on how many tablets it takes to overdose.
VERB: V on n, V
3.
You can refer to too much of something, especially something harmful, as an overdose.
An overdose of sun, sea, sand and chlorine can give lighter hair a green tinge.
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n
4.
You can say that someone overdoses on something if they have or do too much of it.
The city, he concluded, had overdosed on design.
VERB: V on n
Overdose
·noun Too great a dose; an excessive dose.
II. Overdose ·vt To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to.
overdose
¦ noun an excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.
¦ verb take an overdose.
?give an overdose to.
Derivatives
overdosage ??v?'d??s?d? noun
Wikipedia
Drug overdose
A drug overdose (overdose or OD) is the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities much greater than are recommended. Typically it is used for cases when a risk to health will potentially result. An overdose may result in a toxic state or death.
Examples of use of overdose
1. Drug overdose A 42–year–old man has been found dead in Xanthi, northeastern Greece, from a suspected drug overdose.
2. Drug overdose A 28–year–old man was found dead in his home in Iraklion, Crete, from a heroin overdose, police said yesterday.
3. It is believed Renfro died of a suspected drug overdose.
4. An overdose could cause severe internal bleeding, he said.
5. "Inadvertent overdose is too common and potentially very unsafe.