How to Quickly Respond To Opioid Overdose

Prescribed Opioids are also addictive and this is why you need to take extra precautions while handling these medications. Doctors prescribe opioid medicines for relieving pain, but for the prolonged use of these medicines, people can become opioid-dependent. They started losing the natural ability to generate the feeling of pleasure. Opioid overdose is another common factor and it causes so many health issues. It can even take a life. Contact Middlesex Recovery immediately to start your opioid addiction treatment.

Opioid overdose is another stage when people take the drug above the limit to generate highs. Generally, due to opioid tolerance, people are driven to the overdose issue. How do you know someone is having the opioid overdose?

The signs of opioid overdose:

  • Slow and shallow breathing

  • Extreme sleepiness

  • Inability to talk

  • Blue skin color and dark color lips

  • Snoring sound

If you think that someone you know is having the opioid overdose, take no time and do these following things.

  • Tap and shake that person. Shout at him/her to get the response. If you still don’t get any response, run your knuckle on the person’s breastbone.

  • If the person is responding, keep him awake.

If you do not get a response even following the above steps, you need to take some immediate actions to keep him/her alive, which are mentioned below.

  • Call 911.

  • If the breathing is slow and shallow or is non-existent, mouth to mouth breathing proves to be very effective.

  • If the person has no pulse and is not breathing, you can even perform CPR.

  • Stay with the person always until you get the emergency responders.

Opioid addiction needs an experienced doctor for the treatment. Middlesex Recovery is always there to help you. The health care organization is offering an individual treatment for treating addiction. We have branches in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.