title: Treating acute heroin and methadone toxicity.
abstract: Acute heroin and methadone overdose reactions are seen with increasing frequency in E.R.s servicing middle-class white suburbia. The authors give step-by-step procedures for the management of this life-threatening medical emergency.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002140:California; D004315:Doxapram / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D003932:Heroin / Q000506:poisoning*; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008691:Methadone / Q000506:poisoning*; D009270:Naloxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D009270:Naloxone; D003932:Heroin; D004315:Doxapram; D008691:Methadone