Acute Stimulant Toxicity from the Use of Ocean Burst and Lunar Wave Bath Salts: Detection of 3-Chlorophenmetrazine and the Cathinones N-ethylpentedrone and Alpha-pyrrolidinoisohexanophenone (alpha PHiP) [PDF]
Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2023 Background: In this study, we report on a patient with acute stimulant toxicity following the use of two bath salt products purchased over the Internet in the UK, where two novel cathinones and a substituted phenylmorpholine were detected on ...
Klara De Baerdemaeker +4 more
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Synthetic cannabinoid use in a case series of patients with psychosis presenting to acute psychiatric settings : Clinical presentation and management issues [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) are a heterogeneous class of synthetic molecules including synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs). Psychosis is associated with SCRAs use.
Bonaccorso, Stefania +9 more
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Sex and Gender Differences in the Effects of Novel Psychoactive Substances
Brain Sciences, 2020 Sex and gender deeply affect the subjective effects and pharmaco-toxicological responses to drugs. Men are more likely than women to use almost all types of illicit drugs and to present to emergency departments for serious or fatal intoxications. However,
Liana Fattore +3 more
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Detecting a signal in the noise : Monitoring the global spread of novel psychoactive substances using media and other open source information [PDF]
, 2015 This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no ...
Canadian Community Epidemiology Network On Drug Use +3 more
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Cathinone Use Disorder in the Context of Slam Practice: New Pharmacological and Clinical Challenges
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020 Background“Slam” has emerged since 2008 as a new international phenomenon among men who have sex with men (MSM); it consists of the intravenous injection of drugs before or during planned sexual activity.
Benoit Schreck +12 more
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Pharmacology of novel psychoactive substances [PDF]
, 2016 This PhD work consists of an in vitro and in vivo part. In the in vivo part, we investigated the role of dopamine in the acute clinical effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, “ecstasy”) in healthy human subjects.
Rickli, Anna
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Crystals, 2023 In this paper, two cathinone derivatives, 4F-3Me-α-PVP and N-ethylheptedrone, seized on the illegal drug market in Poland, were described and characterized by various instrumental analytical methods.
Marcin Rojkiewicz +4 more
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Adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study: Overview of substance use assessment methods. [PDF]
, 2018 One of the objectives of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study (https://abcdstudy.org/) is to establish a national longitudinal cohort of 9 and 10 year olds that will be followed for 10 years in order to prospectively study the risk and
Bartsch, Hauke +9 more
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Toxicological Analysis of Intoxications with Synthetic Cathinones
Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 2021 Abstract Synthetic cathinones (SCs) are currently the second largest and the second most frequently seized group of new psychoactive substances. They are sold as replacements for controlled stimulants such as amphetamine, cocaine and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine.
Ewelina Pieprzyca +2 more
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Extraction of synthetic cathinones from biological samples: A systematic review
Advances in Sample PreparationAnalysis of biological samples containing synthetic cathinones has become a significant area of interest for researchers in recent years, because synthetic cathinones can cause adverse reactions such as delusions and hallucinations.
Mengjie Gu +3 more
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