The ambulance has been called to the scene of an agitated person. The police have restrained the 32-year-old male so you can assess vital signs: HR: 140; RR: 28; BP: 190/110; SpO2: 100%. The patient only indicates that he took a full 20 pills of some medication that came in a box. To which of the following classes of drugs could this patient have overdosed?

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The ambulance has been called to the scene of an agitated person. The police have restrained the 32-year-old male so you can assess vital signs: HR: 140; RR: 28; BP: 190/110; SpO<sub>2</sub>: 100%. The patient only indicates that he took a full 20 pills of some medication that came in a box. To which of the following classes of drugs could this patient have overdosed?






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