Bath Salts and Synthetic Cannabinoids: A Review
Bath Salts and Synthetic Cannabinoids: A Review
This Resident Journal Review focuses on two popular designer drugs that have made their way into the media as well as our emergency departments: synthetic cathinones, also known as “bath salts,” and herbal marijuana alternatives. Due to the relative novelty of these drugs, not much literature or research exists to help ED physicians manage patients who come in with these acute intoxications. The pharmacology, clinical symptoms and management options, as well as a few case reports, will be discussed in this review.
Beyond THC: the new generation of cannabinoid designer drugs. Fattore L, Fratta W. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 2011; 5:60.
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow…and Back Again? A Review of Herbal Marijuana Alternatives (K2, Spice), Synthetic Cathinones (Bath Salts), Kratom, Salvia divinorum, Methoxetamine, and Piperazines. Rosenbaum CD, Carreiro SP, Babu KM. Journal of Medical Toxicology. 2012; 8:15–32.
The toxicology of bath salts: A review of synthetic cathinones. Prosser JM and Nelson LS. Journal of Medical Toxicology. 2012; Mar; 8(1):33-42.
Introduction
This Resident Journal Review focuses on two popular designer drugs that have made their way into the media as well as our emergency departments: synthetic cathinones, also known as “bath salts,” and herbal marijuana alternatives. Due to the relative novelty of these drugs, not much literature or research exists to help ED physicians manage patients who come in with these acute intoxications. The pharmacology, clinical symptoms and management options, as well as a few case reports, will be discussed in this review.
Beyond THC: the new generation of cannabinoid designer drugs. Fattore L, Fratta W. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 2011; 5:60.
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow…and Back Again? A Review of Herbal Marijuana Alternatives (K2, Spice), Synthetic Cathinones (Bath Salts), Kratom, Salvia divinorum, Methoxetamine, and Piperazines. Rosenbaum CD, Carreiro SP, Babu KM. Journal of Medical Toxicology. 2012; 8:15–32.
The toxicology of bath salts: A review of synthetic cathinones. Prosser JM and Nelson LS. Journal of Medical Toxicology. 2012; Mar; 8(1):33-42.
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