Methadone Overdose, Please Help!?
Question by Caz: Methadone Overdose, Please Help!?
Okay my best friend has taken a methadone overdose of 60mg she has a BMI of 15 (she has anorexia and depression) she’s 19 and a half. She was found quite quickly (within half an hour of taking the overdose), she was having difficulty breathing, I don’t know all the details but shes in hospital now. What are the short and long term effects? what treatment till be given?
Thank you!
Best answer:
Answer by Ashley Yelhsa
Sounds like her lungs began shutting down. She will be put into a coma until her body recovers.. IF it recovers. Long term effects: severe lung damage and possibly brain damage.
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