Accidental overdoses of fentanyl can lead to respiratory depression requiring intubation or Narcan. — Whalespan
Accidental overdoses of fentanyl can lead to respiratory depression requiring intubation or Narcan.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“And I'll tell you, even in the hospital, we saw that that was not uncommon in a in a hospitalized patient that you accidentally gave too much. Um, you know, you you misjudged a person's sensitivity and you gave them 100 milligrams when 100 micrograms, I'm sorry, when they probably should have only had 50 or 75 because you didn't understand some other factor about them. and all of a sudden they would slow down their breathing rate to the point where you would either have to put a breathing tube in them to breathe for them or you would have to give them something like Narcan to reverse the effect.”