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MeSH Heading: Opiate Overdose
Tree Number(s): C25.775.342.500.500.500; C25.775.643.500.700; F03.900.384.500.500.500; F03.900.647.500.700
Unique ID: D000083682
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000083682
Scope Note: Accidental or deliberate use of an OPIOID in excess of normal dosage. It includes overdose for prescription and illicit opioids.
Entry Term(s): Opioid Overdose
Previous Indexing: Drug Overdose (1990-2020); Opioid-Related Disorders (1973-2020)
Public MeSH Note: 2021
History Note: 2021
Date Established: 2021/01/01
Date of Entry: 2020/07/07
Revision Date: 2023/05/31

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Opiate Overdose MeSH Descriptor Data 2025