Lortab Overdose
Lortab overdose has been reported to cause heart, lung, and liver damage.
Lortab Overdose and Overuse
Accidental drug overdose ranks as the second-leading
cause of accidental death in the United States,
after auto accidents, according to the Center for Disease
Control (CDC, 2004). (i)
The CDC 2005 report links narcotic painkiller
deaths with concomitant use of alcohol or sedatives.
Dangerous and unintentional Lortab overdose may occur
when combining the painkiller with:
- Alcohol
- Amphetamines
- Barbiturates
- Benzodiazepines
- Cocaine
- Depressants
- Methylphenidate
- Muscle relaxants
- Other opiate medication
- Sedatives
- Tranquilizers.
(Consult your physician for a more complete
list.)
Combined usage can precipitate Lortab
overdose and symptoms:
- Amnesia
- Coma
- Blackouts
- Heart attack
- Heart failure
- Jaundice
- Liver or kidney failure
- Pulmonary collapse
- Respiratory distress
- Seizures
Chronic overdose may also cause hearing loss.
Medical studies report that respiratory depression
is the most severe, and fatal, reaction to Lortab
overdose, and opiate overuse in general.
Patients should not exceed the dose of
Lortab recommended by their physician.
Acetaminophen in Lortab compound tablets increases
the narcotic effects of hydrocodone, yet offers no
relief from Lortab withdrawal when it arises.
Additional Lortab Overdose
Symptoms
Seek urgent medical care if you notice these
Lortab overdose symptoms:
- Bluish fingernails or lips
- Cardiac arrest
- Circulatory collapse
- Cold, clammy skin
- Coma
- Constipation
- Constricted pupils
- Dizziness, fainting
- Extreme weakness
- Extreme somnolence
- Loss of breath
- Low
blood pressure
- Muscle fatigue, weakness
- Nausea, vomiting
- Respiratory depression
- Shallow or stopped breathing
Lortab overdose may produce additional,
general opioid overuse symptoms:
- Convulsions or seizures
- Dark urine
- Diarrhea
- Drowsiness
- Increased, unusual sweating
- Itching skin
- Sedation
- Severe confusion
- Severe drowsiness
- Severe nervousness
- Stomach spasms
- Yellow eyes or skin
Are You Addicted to Lortab?
Signs of prescription dependency:
- Hidden or secretive use of Lortab.
- Indifference toward friends and family.
- Lortab ingestion more than prescribed.
- Normal doses deliver less effect.
- Physically illness when Lortab stopped.
- Pleasure lost in doing simple things.
Signs of prescription addiction:
- Combining pain-relievers, other medicine.
- Illicit acts committed to buy Lortab.
- Managing various doctors or emergency rooms.
- Obsession to maintain a drug supply.
- Purchase of Lortab or opiates on the street.
- Use of another person’s prescription drug.
Signs of eventual Lortab overdose:
- Fear of running out of Lortab.
- Inability to abstain from Lortab.
- Inconsideration of consequences.
- Increasing, additional symptoms.
- Non-medical use to avoid withdrawal.
- Shakes, chills, nausea, and sweatiness.
Seek immediate medical attention for
overuse of opiate
drugs, including
Lortab.
The
Waismann Method of Rapid
Detoxification Under Anesthesia humanely
treats patients with opioid dependency to help prevent
prescription and Lortab overdose.
More about Lortab detox and the
Waismann Method of Rapid Detoxification.
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(i) http://www.cdc.gov/washington/testimony/2008/t20080312a.htm.
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