TY - JOUR PY - 2014// TI - NBOMe designer drug exposures reported to Texas poison centers JO - Journal of addictive diseases A1 - Forrester, Mathias B. SP - 196 EP - 201 VL - 33 IS - 3 N2 - Use of 2-methoxybenzyl analogues of 2C-X phenethylamines (NBOMe) is increasing in the United States. Twenty-five NBOMe exposures reported to Texas poison centers during 2012-2013 were identified; 76% involved 25I-NBOMe, 12% 25C-NBOMe, and 12% an unknown NBOMe. Eighty-eight percent of the patients were male; the mean age was 17 years (range 14-25 years). The exposure route was 72% ingestion alone, 12% inhalation alone, 4% ingestion and inhalation, and 12% unknown route. The most common clinical effects were tachycardia (52%), agitation (48%), hallucinations (32%), hypertension (32%), confusion (24%), and mydriasis (20%). Two patients died.
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