Posted by mgrueni on July 25, 2001, at 14:54:59
In reply to Re: overdose, posted by kid_A on July 24, 2001, at 14:40:01
Hi
< I think it all depends on if they are shooting morphine or taking it in some pill form, I didn't think you could take morphine in pill form, but I could be wrong... >
I didn`t think so, either. It was just an example to explain what my point is.
< I think it is very easy to overdose on injected drugs... In fact, just yesterday a friend mentioned that a mutual aquaintance of ours had overdosed on morphine... Her friend and her took the same amount, he woke up, she didnt... >
Sorry to hear that. :o(
Well, not sure if I mentioned that I am from germany? Here it is so, that strong pain killers, such as morphine are only prescribed very *carefully*. If someone gets a "take home" dose, he/she would be instructed very thoroughly before, or, if the doctor doesn`t think the patient is able to manage it on his own, there would be a nurse who would administer the morphine dosage. So I thought an *accidental* overdose is unlikely to happen.. but of course, I also can be wrong.Maybe I got sar`s initial question wrong?
"am curious to know if "accidental overdose" is the medically/socially acceptable term over "suicide."sounds to me as he/she (?) was asking if "accidental overdose" is commonly used in the medical world as another term for "suicide".
Hmm...in case that I misunderstood something, I apologize and do promise that I will buy a better dictionary. :o)Take care all
Micha
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