fatal overdose
Kills by amount
A fatal overdose is a dose of a drug or substance large enough to cause death.
The phrase appears in news reports, medical contexts, and discussions of addiction: She died of a fatal overdose of fentanyl.
Unlike simply "overdose," which may or may not be survivable, fatal specifies the outcome.
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- toxicCapable of causing harm
- poisoningHarmful substance exposure
- drug abuseHarmful use of drugs
- heroinIllegal addictive opiate
fentanyl · opioid crisis · party drugs · pills · needles · needle marks · unconscious · blue lips · naloxone · emergency · 911 · tragedy · accidental · gone too soon · drugs · opioids · cardiac arrest · respiratory failure
- drug incidentsdrug bust, drug arrest, drug seizure, drug raid, trafficking
- overdosenaloxone, Narcan, toxicity, antidote, alcohol poisoning
- addictionaddiction, drug addiction, substance abuse, drug dependence, substance dependency
outcome severity
fatal overdosetherapeutic dose
Drug amount that heals
safe dose · underdose · maintenance dose · standard dose · microdose
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