Intoxications of the new psychoactive substance 5-(2-aminopropyl)indole (5-IT): A case series from the Swedish STRIDA project

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 618-624

  Backberg M ^a   Beck, O ^b   Hulten P ^a   Rosengren Holmberg, J ^c   Helander, A ^b  

^a Swedish Poisons Information Centre   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Swedish National Laboratory of Forensic Science   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Designer drugs; Legal highs; Mass spectrometry methods; Phenethylamines; Research chemicals; Serotonergic toxicity; Tryptamines

Indexed keywords

4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; 5 (2 AMINOPROPYL)INDOLE; ALCOHOL; CREATININE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAPHORESIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHERMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYDRIASIS; MYOCLONUS; NYSTAGMUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEIZURE; SWEATING; SWEDEN; TACHYCARDIA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

DESIGNER DRUGS; LEGAL HIGHS; MASS SPECTROMETRY METHODS; PHENETHYLAMINES; RESEARCH CHEMICALS; SEROTONERGIC TOXICITY; TRYPTAMINES;

ADULT; DESIGNER DRUGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903196299     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2014.920088     Document Type: Article

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