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Overdose

Overdose is a medical term which describes the action of consuming an excessive amount of a drug. See drug overdose.

Such an action will result in side effects such as:

• sweating
• high blood pressure
• headache
• migraine
• confusion
• vertigo
• nausea
• vomiting
• death (in the case of suicide this effect is intentional; the lethal dose is an "overdose" only with respect to the regular applications of the drug)

Some famous people have been known to have died from overdosing (see also : List of famous deaths by accidental drug overdose)

• Judy Garland
• Jimi Hendrix
• Janis Joplin
• Dana Plato
• Bambi Woods

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