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What Causes Pinpoint Pupils And Disoriented Behaviour?
Posted on
Wed, 23 Jul 2014
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Wed, 23 Jul 2014
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Question : a coworker became sluggish, with slurred speech, disoriented, and with pinpoint pupils. what could this be?
Brief Answer:
Opiate based drugs
Detailed Answer:
Hi thanks for your questions,
the symptoms that you describe are consistent with the secondary effects of opiate drugs or those related to the morphine family. I would question whether your co-worker is taking any such drugs for medical reasons.
There are other possibilities but generally a patients pupils would not be pinpoint. One might consider a mild stroke called a transient ischaemic attack.
I hope this answers your question.
Best wishes
Opiate based drugs
Detailed Answer:
Hi thanks for your questions,
the symptoms that you describe are consistent with the secondary effects of opiate drugs or those related to the morphine family. I would question whether your co-worker is taking any such drugs for medical reasons.
There are other possibilities but generally a patients pupils would not be pinpoint. One might consider a mild stroke called a transient ischaemic attack.
I hope this answers your question.
Best wishes
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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