Heroin overdose
Alternative Names
Acetomorphine overdose; Diacetylmorphine overdose
Symptoms
- Airways and lungs
- Shallow breathing
- Slow and difficult breathing
- Eyes, ears, nose, and throat
- Dry mouth
- Extremely small pupils, sometimes as small as the head of a pin ("pinpoint pupils")
- Tongue discoloration
- Heart and blood
- Low blood pressure
- Weak pulse
- Skin
- Stomach and intestines
- Constipation
- Spasms of the stomach and intestinal tract
- Nervous system
- Coma
- Delirium
- Disorientation
- Drowsiness
- Muscle spasticity
References
NIDA Research Report - Heroin Abuse and Addiction: NIH Publication No. 05-4165, Revised May 2005.
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