20 January 2008, 04:27
What are the symptoms of methadone overdose?
Body as a whole
- muscle spasticity
Respiratory
- difficulty breathing
- slow, shallow and labored breathing
- stopped breathing (sometimes fatal within 2-4 hours)
Eyes, ears, nose and throat
- pinpoint pupils
- bluish skin
- bluish fingernails and lips
Gastrointestinal
- spasms of the stomach and/or intestinal tract
- constipation
Heart and blood vessels
- weak pulse
- low blood pressure
Nervous system
- drowsiness
- disorientation
- coma