Acute toxicity associated with the recreational use of the ketamine derivative methoxetamine

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 853-856

  Wood, David M ^a,b,c   Davies, Susannah ^d   Puchnarewicz, Malgorzata ^d   Johnston, Atholl ^e   Dargan, Paul I ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Ketamine; Methoxetamine; Recreational drug

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; KETAMINE; METHOXETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; COLLAPSE; CONFUSION; DROWSINESS; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MYDRIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATION; SCREENING; TACHYCARDIA; TREMOR; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AKATHISIA, DRUG-INDUCED; ANTICONVULSANTS; CATATONIA; CONFUSION; CYCLOHEXANONES; CYCLOHEXYLAMINES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; STREET DRUGS; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863856293     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: 14321041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-011-1199-9     Document Type: Article

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