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Tangentially related but it has been my experience (I knew several people who died from opioid overdose) and also in literature[1] that overdoses frequently occ
by baremetal 4y ago
Tangentially related but it has been my experience (I knew several people who died from opioid overdose) and also in literature[1] that overdoses frequently occur after rehab. Due to a drop in tolerance.
"The clustering of the deaths from overdose in the group of patients who had successfully completed treatment is counterintuitive and illogical—unless it derives from loss of tolerance and consequent unpredictability of resumed heroin use."
[1]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC153851/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC153851/
- hammock 4y agoCan confirm from my own firsthand observation. Sober people relapse, often after years of being clean, and misjudge how strong the stuff has gotten. Instant OD
- theRealMe 4y agoThat study is from 2003. Fentanyl is a much more recent phenomenon.
- WHYLEE1991 4y agoopiates definitely arent though.