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Re:The death dilemma: Are hospitals overtreating patients ne... by astura on Saturday October 08, 2022 @08:59PM (#33137452)
No, You're thinking of alcohol deaths. Opiates deaths are caused by opiates slowing your breathing and eventually stopping it.
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Re:The death dilemma: Are hospitals overtreating patients ne... by denton-scratch on Sunday October 09, 2022 @10:39AM (#33141594)
Well, anecdote: It's usually said that Jimi Hendrix died of a heroin overdose. I believe the truth is that he died from inhaling vomit.
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Re:The death dilemma: Are hospitals overtreating patients ne... by astura on Sunday October 09, 2022 @01:14PM (#33143149)
Jimi Hendrix neither had alcohol or heroin when he died.

He aspirated his own vomit and died of asphyxia while intoxicated with barbiturates. Specifically, large doses of the sleeping pill Vesparax.

Opioids kill by slowing breathing, full stop. The medical term is "Opioid-induced Respiratory Depression." Narcan very rapidly reverses this, which is how it saves lives.

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