Intoxication Delirium following Use of Synthetic Cathinone Derivatives

@article{Penders2012IntoxicationDF,
  title={Intoxication Delirium following Use of Synthetic Cathinone Derivatives},
  author={Thomas M Penders and Richard E Gestring and Dmitry A Vilensky},
  journal={The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse},
  year={2012},
  volume={38},
  pages={616 - 617}
}
Background: In published reports of hallucinatory delirium following use of “bath salts” analytic laboratory testing has demonstrated the synthetic cathinone derivative methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV). MDPV can cause a false-positive screening immunoassay result for phencyclidine (PCP). Patients using MDPV are prone to development of the syndrome of excited delirium (ExD), a condition also described with PCP. Objective: This review summarize reports from several series of cases of delirium… 
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