Citation

Pourmand A, Mazer-Amirshahi M, Chistov S, Li A, Park M. Hum. Exp. Toxicol. 2018; 37(1): 94-101.

Affiliation

Emergency Medicine Department, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0960327117698542

PMID

28764574

Abstract

In the past 10 years, "designer drugs" such as synthetic cannabinoids and cathinones have emerged and come into widespread use, resulting in more overdose cases involving these new drugs in the United States. Emergency departments regularly treat a diverse array of drug intoxications, and providers must be cognizant of novel drugs of abuse and the associated clinical presentations in order to provide the most appropriate care. This review aims to describe the epidemiology, mechanism of action, clinical presentation, and treatment of intoxication for both the common and newest drugs of abuse.

Language: en

Keywords

Designer drugs; emergency department; intoxication; synthetic cannabinoid; synthetic cathinones