Drug users climbed onto pub roof and up a tree after taking dodgy amphetamine
Contaminated drug causes users to show 'extreme violence', erratic behaviour and suffer convulsions, police warn (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - October 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: contaminated whizz amphetamine dodgy police speed Source Type: news
Occupational conditions and the risk of the use of amphetamines by truck drivers - Oliveira LG, Souza LM, Barroso LP, Gouvêa MJ, Almeida CV, Muñoz DR, Leyton V.
OBJECTIVE To test whether the occupational conditions of professional truck drivers are associated with amphetamine use after demographic characteristics and ones regarding mental health and drug use are controlled for.METHODS Cross-sectional study... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - September 26, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Simultaneous quantitation of amphetamines and opiates in human hair by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry - Liu HC, Liu RH, Lin DL.
In this study, an incubation, solid-phase extraction (SPE) and LC-MS-MS procedure was developed, validated and used for simultaneous analysis of amphetamine (AP), methamphetamine (MA), morphine (MOR), codeine (COD), 6-acetylmorphine (6-AM) and 6-acetylcode... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - August 31, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
The first 100 “Tox Tunes”
On January 3, 2010, TPR launched “Tox Tunes,” a series of clips of songs about drug, toxins, and poisons starting with Keith Richards’ version of Reverent Gary Davis’s “Cocaine Blues.” Last week, we featured our one-hundredth tune, Amy Winehouse’s classic — and tragically ironic — song “Rehab.” To celebrate the 100-tunes milestone, we are listing all the selections with links to the original posts. Enjoy!
#1: Cocaine Blues (Keith Richards)
#2: Sister Morphine (Marianne Faithfull)
#3: Reefer Man (Cab Calloway)
#4: Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin)
#5: Who Put the Benz...
Source: The Poison Review - August 31, 2015 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical first hundred tox tunes Source Type: news
Deaths of individuals aged 16-24 years in the UK after using mephedrone - Loi B, Corkery JM, Claridge H, Goodair C, Chiappini S, Gimeno Clemente C, Schifano F.
This study aims to analyse fatalities following ingestion of mephedrone in the UK amongst 16- to 24-year-olds in 2009-201... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - August 1, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Venlafaxine abuse
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Venlafaxine as the ‘baby ecstasy’? Literature overview and analysis of web-based misusers’ experiences. Francesconi G et al. Hum Psychopharmacol Clin Exp 2015 Jul;30:255-261.
Abstract
In 2003, Sattar et al published a case report of venlafaxine abuse in a 38-year-old man. The patient had been prescribed 225-mg extended-release venlafaxine daily. He found that increasing his dose by 50% — to 337.5-mg per day — initially produced a “sudden, amphetamine-like ‘high'” that he did not re-experience even after increasing the dose to 450-mg.
He subsequently discovered ...
Source: The Poison Review - July 30, 2015 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical abuse effexor overdose venlafaxine Source Type: news
Illicit Amphetamines: Variable Impact on Male Sexual FunctionIllicit Amphetamines: Variable Impact on Male Sexual Function
Illicit amphetamine use can have a negative effect on sexual function among men, but there is huge variability in the nature of their impact. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - July 8, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
New study supports safety and efficacy of Evekeo for treating children with ADHD
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) The amphetamine-based drug Evekeo, given once or twice daily to children 6-12 years of age, is effective in treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and improving performance in a laboratory classroom setting, according to the results of a new study published in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 29, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Neuropsychiatric adverse effects of amphetamine and methamphetamine - Harro J.
Administration of amphetamine and methamphetamine can elicit psychiatric adverse effects at acute administration, binge use, withdrawal, and chronic use. Most troublesome of these are psychotic states and aggressive behavior, but a large variety of undesir... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 20, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Attenuated neural processing of risk in young adults at risk for stimulant dependence - Reske M, Stewart JL, Flagan TM, Paulus MP.
OBJECTIVE: Approximately 10% of young adults report non-medical use of stimulants (cocaine, amphetamine, methylphenidate), which puts them at risk for the development of dependence. This fMRI study investigates whether subjects at early stages of stimulant... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 19, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
High prevalence of previous arrests for illicit drug use and/or impaired driving among drivers killed in motor vehicle crashes in Sweden with amphetamine in blood at autopsy - Jones AW, Holmgren A, Ahlner J.
BACKGROUND: Amphetamine, and to a lesser extent the secondary amine methamphetamine, are major recreational drugs of abuse in Sweden. These central stimulant amines are identified in blood from roughly 50% of people arrested for driving under the influence... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - May 30, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Severe poisoning after self-reported use of 2-(4-iodo-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-[(2-methoxyphenyl)methyl]ethanamine, a novel substituted amphetamine: a case series - Hieger MA, Rose SR, Cumpston KL, Stromberg PE, Miller S, Wills BK.
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Language: en... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - May 23, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Unlabeled amphetamine isomer in sports supplement “probably” caused hemorrhagic stroke
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Hemorrhagic Stroke Probably Caused by Exercise Combined With a Sports Supplement Containing β-Methylphenylethylamine (BMPEA): A Case Report. Cohen P et al. Ann Intern Med 2015 May 12 [Epub ahead of print]
Reference
Last month, the FDA sent letters to 5 companies that manufacture so-called “dietary” or “sports” supplements, warning them that their products were mislabeled because they contained an unlisted ingredient.
That ingredient, β-methylphenylethylamine (BMPEA), is an isomer of amphetamine. Although the effects of BMPEA in humans have not been well studied, it has been ...
Source: The Poison Review - May 22, 2015 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical amphetamine beta-methylphenylethylamine BMPEA dietary supplement hemorrhagic stroke sports supplement Source Type: news
Stimulant in Sports Supplement Linked to Exercise-Induced StrokeStimulant in Sports Supplement Linked to Exercise-Induced Stroke
Synthetic amphetamine-like stimulant BMPEA is a probable cause of exercise-induced hemorrhagic stroke in a previously healthy woman, a new report concludes. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - May 14, 2015 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Amphetamine-like dietary supplement linked to stroke
Experts warn about synthetic compound BMPEA, a potentially dangerous stimulant found in weight-loss supplements (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - May 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
