"Bath salt" ingestion leading to severe intoxication delirium: Two cases and a brief review of the emergence of mephedrone use

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 176-180

  Kasick, David P ^a   McKnight, Curtis A ^a   Klisovic, Eleonora ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bath salts; Delirium; Mephedrone

Indexed keywords

4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; BATH SALT; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; NALOXONE; PHENCYCLIDINE; RISPERIDONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIRIUM; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DELIRIUM; DESIGNER DRUGS; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 84857580419     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00952990.2011.643999     Document Type: Review

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