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Case Reports
. 2005 Jan-Feb;127(1-2):22-3.

[Intoxication with henbane]

[Article in Croatian]
Domagoj Vidović  1 , Petrana Brecić, Aleksander Haid, Vlado Jukić
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  • PMID: 16145869
Case Reports

[Intoxication with henbane]

[Article in Croatian]
Domagoj Vidović et al. Lijec Vjesn. 2005 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, is a hallucinogenic plant, widely spread and easy accessible, which contains anticholinergic substances. Ingestion, intentional or accidental, can provoke serious worsening of psychophysical state and can cause even death. Intoxication resembles the one with atropine. Symptoms like mydriasis, tachycardia, arrhythmia, agitation, convulsion and coma can appear. Diagnosis is made by clinical symptomatology and history. Therapeutic acts include stomach lavage, supportive therapy and physostigmine as a specific antidote. Prognosis is usually good.

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