Psychogene Amphetamine ("Ecstasy")

Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-13

  Sauer, O ^a   Weilemann, L S ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

"Ecstasy"; Derivatives of amphetamine; Designer drugs; Hallucinogenic amphetamines; MDMA

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; EPHEDRINE; N ETHYL 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; PARACETAMOL; SELEGILINE;

AGITATION; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; HYPERPYREXIA; MYDRIASIS; PSYCHOSIS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEIZURE; SHOCK; SHORT SURVEY; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0030893464     PISSN: 01753851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003900050015     Document Type: Article

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