Herion OD

[Foobar2]

My relative is currently in a coma. He was posititive for opiates.

Further testing showed morphine and codeine. The concentration of morphone was 1,700 ng/ml. 4 mg norcan was administered by EMS.

There are many variables but that concentration seems well into the toxic range sadly..

 

[cj]

Outcome will depend on the amount of time his brain was starved of oxygen.

 

[Erikmen]

Exactly.
There are exams that can show how the lungs were affected though. But we can't know for sure what's going to happen. When we OD and don't breathe the lungs could be pushed towards our back.

 

[JessFR]

The amount of morphone etc in his blood is entirely irrelevant, all that matters is brain damage and the prognosis of his coma. Unfortunately only time will tell, I'm sorry.

 

[simco]

The amount of morphone etc in his blood is entirely irrelevant, all that matters is brain damage and the prognosis of his coma. Unfortunately only time will tell, I'm sorry.

This. The damage from opioid overdose comes from extreme central nervous system depression...usually lack of breathing/oxygen. The danger isn't typically from toxicity from substances in the bloodstream (you'd have to do a *lot* of drugs to reach that point).

 

[herbavore]

I am really sorry for you and your family.