How injecting heroin can give you botulismĮvery year in the United States, about 20 people are diagnosed with wound botulism. Your doctor needs to know if you use injection drugs, so you can be diagnosed and treated quickly and correctly. It can be easy to mistake wound botulism for other, more common illnesses. Tell them about any drugs you have used in the past two weeks and how you used them. When you seek medical care, be direct and honest with your medical providers. If you or someone you know gets treatment with Naloxone, but still has symptoms of botulism, see a doctor or go to the emergency room immediately. Naloxone, also known as Narcan®, can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose if given in time, but it will not reverse the symptoms of botulism. Opioids are painkilling drugs, such as oxycodone (“Ox圜ontin”), oxymorphone (“Opana”), hydrocodone (as in Vicodin), and hydromorphone (“Dilaudid”), as well as heroin. Some symptoms of wound botulism can look like symptoms of opioid overdose, such as slurred speech or inability to talk, weakness, and trouble breathing. It is important to get medical care as quickly as possible, because the antitoxin and other treatments work better the earlier they are given. If you do not, your symptoms may continue to get worse and can even be life-threatening. It does not store any personal data.If you or someone you know has symptoms of botulism, see a doctor or go to the emergency room immediately. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Performance'.

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