stimulant overdose

desertcomet · Sep 8, 2007

What are the general symptoms? And does anyone know of any good resources for further research?

Cath · Sep 8, 2007

Try Pubmed. It's for medical professionals and can be a little involved, but there really isn't a better place to look for medical information.

I suspect the symptoms will vary slightly from drug to drug, but you might find this article about amphetamine overdose useful: http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic23.htm

And try this one from Brigham and Women's Hospital: http://healthgate.partners.org/browsing/browseContent.asp?fileName=20911.xml&title=Stimulants

Horseshoes · Sep 8, 2007

ID which stimulant you're talking about...caffeine, cocaine, epinephrine? Herbal, illegal, controlled substance, medical?

desertcomet · Sep 8, 2007

Sorry I'm new. What does ID mean?

Nothing specific. I'm writing a sci-fi and will most likely just make something up. I think medical stimulants would be the most useful.

ColoradoGuy · Sep 8, 2007

Cath's links are good. The symptoms and signs are pretty straight-forward. In the central nervous system you see agitation increasing to hallucinations as the toxicty goes up. Most life-threatening toxicity is to the cardiovascular system: increased heart rate and blood pressure to the point where the heart's demand for oxygen to keep up the increases outstrips the supply, leading to abnormal heart rhythms or even heart attack. Cocaine is well known to do these evil things to the heart.

threedogpeople · Sep 9, 2007

Hubby accidentally overused caffeine while working on his doctorate. He had a paper due and drank 3 whole pots of coffee while working all night.

Anyway, afterwards he couldn't sleep, was agitated, sweating and looked like he was going to pass out. We took him to the doctor and his blood pressure and pulse were very high. They gave him a shot of a downer of some kind and sent him home. Except for bathroom & water breaks he slept for 3 days.

desertcomet · Sep 10, 2007

Wow. I'm glad he's okay. I didn't know coffee could do that to you.

III · Sep 10, 2007

Don't forget the tingling scalp! We used to abuse white crosses to pull all-nighters in college. I'd get the racing heartbeat, cold sweats, tingling scalp, a disconnected high, sore teeth, tight jaw, VERY upset stomach, the shakes. It still beat studying ahead of time, though.

Mr. Fix · Sep 10, 2007

Enter at your own risk...

desertcomet said:
Stimulant Overdose - What are the general symptoms?

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desertcomet said:
And does anyone know of any good resources for further research?

Any local Starbucks
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stimulant overdose

desertcomet

Cath

The mean one

Horseshoes

lisapreston.com

desertcomet

ColoradoGuy

I've seen worse.

threedogpeople

This is my BEST side!

desertcomet

III

rockin the suburbs

Mr. Fix

Fixed on the future...