Definitions, that appear in the Conference Report on page H1345 of Congressional RecordâHouse, February 12, 2009. These definitions are critical in understanding the content of the new HITECH privacy provisions and how they relate to existing HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy Rule standards.
depending on the chemical, it can take anywhere from 15 mins to 2 hours for most substances to take effect and the overdose will be realized either by throwing up or slipping into a coma for some amount of time.
Ironically, however, taking too much Tylenol (an overdose) can also cause liver failure, although by a different process (mechanism), as discussed below. In patients with acetaminophen liver damage, the usual clinical sequence is nausea and vomiting for the first 12-24 hours, then the patient seems well for the next 12-24 hours, after which abnormal liver blood tests develop.