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How is an OxyContin overdose treated in the hospital?

April 26, 2017hospital overdose OxyContin treated

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How is an OxyContin overdose treated in the hospital?

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Any person that cannot be awakened should be taken to the hospital. Do not let the person “sleep it off.” It is treated like any narcotic overdose, with a reversing agent and by supporting body functions possibly with the use of a ventilator (breathing machine).