Toxic Psychoses From Over-the-Counter Preparations
Abstract
findings are at best inaccurate, and search methodology is seriously open tion. There are also problems of ethics.the reto ques-The brief communication âThe Use of Hyoscyamine as a Hallucinogen and Intoxicantâ by Drs. M. H. Keeler and F. J. Kane, Jr., in the December issue of the Journal, describing toxic hallucinations afterand Surelythat init untherethe work critically.so many a scientificaccept forumdebate-not add ofroom,but Lief habhisis necessity.(marketedAsthma-dor), is part of a growing literature reporting instances of toxicity secondary to the ingestion of belladonna alkaloids available in over-thecounter preparations.I cannot help but cites the observationsitu#{233}s,aside from lackthat when Dr. cocktail partytaste he revealsstated orgasm. M.D. N.Johnson have flush, or rash,reported: is a signThey have of impendingover-the-counter sleep preparations containing scopolamine and methapyrilene (such as Sominex) and called attention to the need forrapid differentiation schizophrenia( 1). of this toxic state fromSHAINESS,York,Y.Bradford has recently reported a patient showing bizarre behavior associated with signs of atropinism after taking the recommendeddosage eze), of which a motion-sickness tablet contains hyoscyamine (Travelhydrobroto theâPsychiatristsThemselvesâmaleate(2).to draw attentionlarge number of compounds for the treatment of colds, available over the counter, which contain belladonna alkaloids or the derivativesthereof. dary to We suspect that toxic states secon-SIR: The last paragraph of