Example sentences for: overdose

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  • Rats were sacrificed by an overdose of isoflurane and whole organs were dissected out, frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at -80°C.

  • Poisonings are among the most frequent indications for hospitalization in the United States [ 1 ] . However, the frequency of hospitalizations for poisonings (drug overdose or toxicity) in renal transplant recipients has been infrequently reported, [ 2 3 ] in contrast to its occurrence in kidney donors [ 4 5 ] . Because many medications used by transplant recipients can be toxic, it might be expected that renal transplant recipients would have a higher risk of poisonings than the general population, especially in the first post-transplant year when dosages of immunosuppressive medications are usually at their highest.

  • Critics call Gregory ( Selena ) Nava's latest pop-star biopic of doo-wopster Frankie Lymon a sort of "comic Rashomon of rock-and-roll" (Lawrence Van Gelder, the New York Times ). Lymon, who became a star at 13 and died of a drug overdose at 25, married three women without divorcing any of them; only after his death did the three find out about one another.

  • My girlfriend's brother was found dead only a few weeks ago of what has since been determined to have been an overdose of heroin.

  • And aging bad boy Gary Busey, 54, is getting divorced from Tiani, his 30-year-old wife of less than two years, reports the Globe . Although she saw him through sinus cancer and a drug overdose, she tells "sources" his abusive behavior landed her in rehab.


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