TY - JOUR
T1 - Angel's trumpet psychosis
T2 - a central nervous system anticholinergic syndrome
AU - Hall, R. C.W.
AU - Popkin, M. K.
AU - McHenry, L. E.
PY - 1977
Y1 - 1977
N2 - The authors warn physicians that intoxication by Angel's Trumpet (Datura sauveolens) is becoming more frequent due to its use by adolescents and young adults as a legal, readily available hallucinogen. Ingestion of Angel's Trumpet flowers or a tea brewed from them results in an alkaloid induced central nervous system anticholinergic syndrome characterized by symptoms such as fever, delirium, hallucinations, agitation, and persistent memory disturbances. Severe intoxication may cause flaccid paralysis, convulsions, and death. Treatment with intravenous physostigmine reverses the toxic effects of Angel's Trumpet.
AB - The authors warn physicians that intoxication by Angel's Trumpet (Datura sauveolens) is becoming more frequent due to its use by adolescents and young adults as a legal, readily available hallucinogen. Ingestion of Angel's Trumpet flowers or a tea brewed from them results in an alkaloid induced central nervous system anticholinergic syndrome characterized by symptoms such as fever, delirium, hallucinations, agitation, and persistent memory disturbances. Severe intoxication may cause flaccid paralysis, convulsions, and death. Treatment with intravenous physostigmine reverses the toxic effects of Angel's Trumpet.
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U2 - 10.1176/ajp.134.3.312
DO - 10.1176/ajp.134.3.312
M3 - Article
C2 - 842711
AN - SCOPUS:0017357299
SN - 0002-953X
VL - 134
SP - 312
EP - 314
JO - American Journal of Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 3
ER -