Another side-effect, a rather more serious one, was respiratory depression in sensitive patients.

Enough so he had gone into what she called respiratory depression at least once.

Overdose can result in severe respiratory depression or collapse and death.

Apart from pain, the symptoms include cardiac dysfunction and respiratory depression.

This drug is only used in cases with severe respiratory depression or cardiovascular complications.

The main risk of acute barbiturate abuse is respiratory depression.

The baby may also exhibit respiratory depression if the opioid dose was high.

When combined with alcohol or other drugs, drug experts say, it can cause respiratory depression and death.

However tolerance to respiratory depression is lost just as quickly during withdrawal.

In extreme cases, he said, respiratory depression and death can occur.