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Case Reports
. 1999 Summer;8(3):254-7.
doi: 10.1080/105504999305866.

Phenomenology of gasoline intoxication and withdrawal symptoms among adolescents in India: a case series

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Phenomenology of gasoline intoxication and withdrawal symptoms among adolescents in India: a case series

R Shah et al. Am J Addict. 1999 Summer.

Abstract

Inhalant withdrawal symptoms have previously been described but not well documented. This case-series describes the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of nine children and adolescents with gasoline abuse. Gasoline inhalation was the drug of choice in our patients. The mean age was 13.6 years and all the subjects belonged to low socioeconomic status. Most of the subjects used daily and all subjects reported alcohol abuse in the father. All subjects reported a syndrome of intoxication as described in previous reports. All subjects also reported a withdrawal syndrome including irritability, psychomotor retardation, anhedonia, dry mouth, sleep disturbances, craving, and increased lacrimation.

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