Conclusions As an overall trend, there was a decrease in overdoses, possibly due to Japan's overdose countermeasures since 2010.
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Eleven-Year Trend of Drug and Chemical Substance Overdose at a Local Emergency Hospital in Japan.
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Conclusion: There was a decreasing trend in overdose, and OTC medicines, sedatives, and anxiolytics were the primary medications causing overdose.
OTC antipyretic analgesics and cold medicines were the most common suspected overdose drugs, with an increasing trend in the later years.