| A single drug is chosen and levels are monitored to assure adequate absorption and to avoid overdosage. |
| At the first sign of overdosage, such as tetanic contractions or fetal distress, Pitocin should be discontinued, and the patient treated with symptomatic and support therapy. |
| Overdosage symptoms include tight, bandlike headache, bulging fontanelles, nose bleed, or chapped lips. |
| Heroin overdosage commonly occurs when higher potency heroin is used or when the heroin is mixed with other opioids, such as fentanyl. |
| Fever and delirium in serious anticholinergic overdosage may progress to coma and, finally, to cardiac and respiratory depression. |
| In the case of overdosage, milk or antacids should be given to bind alendronate. |
