Phencyclidine overdose
Definition
Phencyclidine, or PCP, is an illegal street drug that can cause hallucinations and severe agitation. This article discusses overdose due to PCP.
Phencyclidine overdose
Alternate Names : PCP overdose, Angel dust overdose, Sernyl overdose
Definition ...
Phencyclidine, or PCP, is an illegal street drug that can cause hallucinations. This article discusses overdose due to PCP. An overdose is when you take more than the normal or recommended amount of something, usually a drug.
Phencyclidine (angel dust)
The majority of people stop taking phencyclidine once they pass young adulthood. The prognosis for chronic phencyclidine psychosis is poor.
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Phencyclidine: Commonly referred to as PCP, this drug can cause the user to feel extremely paranoid, become quite aggressive and to have an unusual amount of physical strength. This can make the individual quite dangerous to others.
phencyclidine (PCP) A psychoactive drug with central nervous system depressant, stimulant, analgesic, and hallucinogenic effects.
Phencyclidine intoxication includes behavioral symptoms (such as belligerence, impulsiveness, unpredictability, or impaired judgment) and clinical symptoms (such as increased blood pressure [hypertension] or heart rate [tachycardia], ...
phencyclidine
Angel dust. Hallucogenic drug.
physeptone
Medicine that contains methadone. Used to suppress the addictive effects of opioids.
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Marijuana, cocaine, and hallucinogens, such as LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), mescaline, psilocybin, PCP (phencyclidine), and ketamine.
Inhalants, such as glues, aerosol sprays, gasoline, paints, and paint thinners.
The effects of DXM have been compared to PCP (phencyclidine) and the anesthetic ketamine. All three are called dissociative substances: At high doses, they give the abuser a feeling of not being in one's own body. DXM also produces hallucinations.
New immunotherapies that prevent drugs like cocaine, methamphetamine, phencyclidine, nicotine, and opioids from reaching the brain are in the early stages of testing as is ibogaine, ...
Phencyclidine is similar to KETAMINE in structure and in many of its effects. Like ketamine, it can produce a dissociative state. It exerts its pharmacological action through inhibition of NMDA receptors (RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE).
Some hallucinogens are synthetically manufactured, like LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), PCP (phencyclidine, or ‘angel dust') and ketamine. Others are naturally occurring compounds found in particular plants.
These take the form of illegal drugs (such as phencyclidine known as PCP and heroin), plant products (such as marijuana or hallucinogenic mushrooms), chemicals (the inhalation of gasoline, for example), or prescription medications.
Some substances (eg, cocaine, phencyclidine Some Trade Names
No US trade name
, amphetamine) can cause severe agitation, which can result in hyperthermia, acidosis, and rhabdomyolysis.
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Illegal drugs such as amphetamines, cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), and heroin are not safe for a woman or her baby; women who use these drugs are advised to not breastfeed.
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Commonly abused drugs that may be detected in the urine include:
marijuana, or pot
cocaine
phencyclidine, or PCP
amphetamines
morphine, heroin, and codeine
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Hallucinogens: Signs and symptoms
Use of hallucinogens produces different signs and symptoms depending on the drug. The most common hallucinogens are LSD, phencyclidine (PCP) and ketamine (special K), a so-called "club drug." ...
Drugs that are commonly abused include alcohol and nicotine, marijuana, opiates (heroin and Talwin), psychostimulants (cocaine), sedative-hypnotics (benzodiazepines and barbiturates), hallucinogens (LSD), phencyclidine (PCP), designer drugs (Ecstasy), ...
Heroin: 1 to 2 days
Hydromorphone: 1 to 2 days
Methadone: 2 to 3 days
Morphine: 1 to 2 days
Phencyclidine (PCP): 1 to 8 days
Propoxyphene: 6 to 48 hours
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC): 6 to 11 weeks with heavy use ...
Hallucinogens, including LSD, mescaline, psilocybin, PCP (phencyclidine), and ketamine. Serious and lasting problems such as psychosis or hallucinogenic flashbacks can occur after a teen uses LSD.
 See also: Symptom, Abuse, Amphetamine, Depression, Death
  
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