Characteristics of analytically confirmed 3-MMC-related intoxications from the Swedish STRIDA project

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 46-53

  Bäckberg, Matilda ^a   Lindeman, Erik ^a   Beck, Olof ^b   Helander, Anders ^b  

^a Swedish Poisons Information Center   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2 Methylmethcathinone; 3 Methylmethcathinone; 4 Methylmethcathinone; Designer drugs; Internet drugs; Legal highs; Mass spectrometry methods; Mephedrone; New psychoactive substances; Phenethylamines; Synthetic cathinone derivatives

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLMETHCATHINONE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3-METHYLMETHCATHINONE; 4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALKALOID; CATHINONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; STREET DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGITATED DEPRESSION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHORESIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYDRIASIS; NIGHT SWEAT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SEIZURE; SELF CONCEPT; SERUM; SWEDEN; TACHYCARDIA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKALOIDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920093908     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2014.981823     Document Type: Article

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