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Heroin Overdose
Health Encyclopedia: Heroin Overdose
This article describes poisoning from an overdose of
Alternative Names
Acetomorphine; Diacetylmorphine
Poisonous Ingredient
- heroin
Where Found
Heroin is made by processing opium poppies which are found all over the world.
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Health Guide
Heroin overdose
Acetomorphine; Diacetylmorphine Symptoms body as a whole muscle spasticity respiratory breathing... Read more »Heroin overdose
...symptoms Expectations (prognosis) If an antidote can be given, recovery from an acute overdose occurs within 24 to 48 hours. Read more »Methadone overdose
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