What are the symptoms of methadone overdose?

• Body as a whole
• muscle spasticity
• Respiratory
• difficulty breathing
• slow, shallow and labored breathing
• stopped breathing (sometimes fatal within 2-4 hours)
• Eyes, ears, nose, and throat
• pinpoint pupils
• bluish skin
• bluish fingernails and lips
• Gastrointestinal
• spasms of the stomach and/or intestinal tract
• constipation
• Heart and blood vessels
• weak pulse
• low blood pressure
• Nervous system
• drowsiness
• disorientation
• coma

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