overdoser
Consumes too much
Someone who overdoses, taking an excessive or dangerous amount of a drug.
The term usually implies habitual behavior rather than a single incident: The clinic sees overdosers every weekend.
It can carry judgment about recklessness or addiction, though medical contexts use it neutrally.
Crisis response number
- paramedicsEmergency medical technicians
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
- naloxoneOpioid overdose antidote
- NarcanBranded opioid antagonist spray
resuscitation · CPR · unresponsive · unconscious · seizure · pulse · airway · bystander
State of needing support
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
- relapseReturn to former illness
withdrawal · abuse · compulsion · escalation · chasing · binge · chronic · spiral
Recovery from injury/addiction
- detoxSubstance removal process
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- survivorOne still alive after
second-chance · harm-reduction · methadone · suboxone · counseling · sponsor · clean · aftercare
Illegal addictive opiate
- fentanylSynthetic pain-blocking compound
- opioidMorphine-class analgesic
- cocaineAddictive stimulant narcotic
- methamphetamineAddictive synthetic stimulant drug
narcotics · benzodiazepine · barbiturate · morphine · oxycodone · prescription · pills · injection
Formal entry into medical care
- intensive-careAcute medical monitoring unit
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
- intubationPlacing airway tube
- comaUnwakeable unconsciousness
life-support · toxicology · antidote · stabilize · monitoring · hypoxia · triage
911
Crisis response number
- paramedicsEmergency medical technicians
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
- naloxoneOpioid overdose antidote
Narcan · resuscitation · CPR · unresponsive · unconscious · seizure · pulse · airway · bystander · revival
dependency
State of needing support
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
relapse · withdrawal · abuse · compulsion · escalation · chasing · binge · chronic · spiral · rock-bottom
rehabilitation
Recovery from injury/addiction
survivor · second-chance · harm-reduction · methadone · suboxone · counseling · sponsor · clean · aftercare
heroin
Illegal addictive opiate
- fentanylSynthetic pain-blocking compound
- opioidMorphine-class analgesic
- cocaineAddictive stimulant narcotic
methamphetamine · narcotics · benzodiazepine · barbiturate · morphine · oxycodone · prescription · pills · injection · needle
hospitalization
Formal entry into medical care
- intensive-careAcute medical monitoring unit
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
- intubationPlacing airway tube
coma · life-support · toxicology · antidote · stabilize · monitoring · hypoxia · triage
death
Cessation of life
memorial · epidemic · statistic · preventable · tragic · loss · grief · funeral
overdoserabstainer
One who refrains
microdosers · teetotaler · non-user · straight edge · survivor
- drug overdoseHarmful excess consumption
- overdose treatmentCare for toxic consumption