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Instructions for helping yourself

Possible overdose / slow breathing

What to do

  1. If still able to act, get help and ask someone to stay.
  2. Say what you took and show available packaging.
  3. Give location and symptoms. No phone or signal: ask someone to call from a safe place. Do not delay help to collect belongings.
  4. Do not drive or take more substances to “counteract” it. Ask someone to stay and tell responders what you took.

What to avoid

  1. Do not leave them alone even after improvement with naloxone.
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