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Blog #14

23 Jun 2021, 18:37 Publicly Viewable
  • LSD and PCP (angel dust) is the two most known hallucinogenic drugs known.

Effects of hallucinogenic drugs:

  • Dizziness.
  • Sleeplessness
  • Euphoria.
  • Dry mouth
  • Paraesthesia.
  • Blurred vision.
  • Sense of well-being and relaxation.
  • Numbness
  • Impulsiveness
  • Increase in body temperature and heart rate

Clinical profile of patient who had taken them:

  • Change in behaviour.
  • Impaired judgement
  • Alertness
  • Agitated
  • Blood shot eyes

  • To calm the patient down a benzodiazepine is given to reduce the agitation and is also administered to protect patient against convulsions.  Supportive care and rehabilitation
  • Physostigmine is known as a ACE inhibitor and is used to reverse the toxicity