Definition. 1  Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), also called acute respiratory distress syndrome, is a type of lung (pulmonary) failure that may result from any disease that causes large amounts of fluid to collect in the lungs.
I would make up reasons to go to the hospital just so the doctor could prescribe me with lortabs or hydrocodone. No one knew that I was doing this, until the day I tried to commit suicide by mildly overdosing on seven hydrocodone pills. I locked myself in the bathroom and swallowed all seven of them.
In some cases acute overdose may result in apnea, circulatory collapse, cardiac arrest, and death. Opioid receptor antagonist such as naloxone is a specific antidote against respiratory depression resulting from overdose or unusual sensitivity to oxymorphone.