am not a doctor myself but from what i know, the reason you increase the dose in first place is that your body build tolerance. if a normal person were to take same dosage as a long time drug addict they would die in minutes
reasons for death of overdose:
- someone went to rehab and lost their tolerance then went back to drugs with same dosage they used to take
- someone missed a dosage and went through horrible withdrawal symptomps so when they finally got the pill they took too much
- buying certain drug without knowing it is laced with a more powerfull one
ShunkW@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is absolute nonsense. Alcohol is one of only two addictive substance types that can directly kill you in withdrawal. It is DIRECTLY and EXTREMELY addictive.
If your addiction is severe enough, going cold turkey from alcohol or benzodiazepines can directly kill you. You can have a stroke or seizures.