Codeine overdoses can be very dangerous but luckily if caught in time there are various ways to save the user.
-Stomach Pumping can be effective to remove the drug from the system and rinse the stomach of the toxins. This method is only effective within 30 minutes of ingestion of the drug.
-Activated charcoal is administered since it has the ability to abosrb the remaining drugs and “slow the intake of Codeine into the bloodstream by 60%” according too http://www.projectknow.com/research/codeine-overdose/, May 20th 2017.
-Intravenous fluids can help when administered because they can balance the acids, bases and minerals in the body and increase fluids which helps flush out toxins faster.
-Laxatives can help by inducing defecation which will remove unabsorbed toxins from the body
-Naloxone …show more content…
Naloxone is an opioid agonist. It latches onto the same receptors that opioids do. Naloxone is slightly stronger than opiods so for this drug to work it dislodges opioid particles from the receptors in your body and latches onto them itself. It stays latched to the receptors and prevents opiods from attaching to the receptors. Naloxone can only block the opiod from the receptors for so long so additional help and hospitilization is often
-Stomach Pumping can be effective to remove the drug from the system and rinse the stomach of the toxins. This method is only effective within 30 minutes of ingestion of the drug.
-Activated charcoal is administered since it has the ability to abosrb the remaining drugs and “slow the intake of Codeine into the bloodstream by 60%” according too http://www.projectknow.com/research/codeine-overdose/, May 20th 2017.
-Intravenous fluids can help when administered because they can balance the acids, bases and minerals in the body and increase fluids which helps flush out toxins faster.
-Laxatives can help by inducing defecation which will remove unabsorbed toxins from the body
-Naloxone …show more content…
Naloxone is an opioid agonist. It latches onto the same receptors that opioids do. Naloxone is slightly stronger than opiods so for this drug to work it dislodges opioid particles from the receptors in your body and latches onto them itself. It stays latched to the receptors and prevents opiods from attaching to the receptors. Naloxone can only block the opiod from the receptors for so long so additional help and hospitilization is often