Medical Toxicology of Drug Abuse : Synthesized Chemicals and Psychoactive Plants.
Title:
Medical Toxicology of Drug Abuse : Synthesized Chemicals and Psychoactive Plants.
Author:
Barceloux, Donald G.
ISBN:
9781118106075
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1079 pages)
Contents:
MEDICAL TOXICOLOGY OF DRUG ABUSE -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- REVIEW PANEL -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART 1: SYNTHETIC and SEMISYNTHETIC CHEMICALS -- I: Amphetamines and Phenethylamine Derivatives -- Chapter 1: AMPHETAMINE and METHAMPHETAMINE -- Chapter 2: METHYLPHENIDATE -- Chapter 3: PROLINTANE -- Chapter 4: PROPYLHEXEDRINE -- II: Club Drugs -- Chapter 5: FLUNITRAZEPAM -- Chapter 6: GAMMA HYDROXYBUTYRATE and RELATED DRUGS -- Chapter 7: KETAMINE -- Chapter 8: METHCATHINONE, MEPHEDRONE, and METHYLONE -- Chapter 9: METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE (ECSTASY, MDMA) -- Chapter 10: PSYCHOACTIVE PHENETHYLAMINE, PIPERAZINE, and PYRROLIDINOPHENONE DERIVATIVES -- Chapter 11: TRYPTAMINE DESIGNER DRUGS -- III: Eating Disorders and Appetite Suppressants -- Chapter 12: DIURETICS, IPECAC, and LAXATIVES -- Chapter 13: NORADRENERGIC AGENTS -- Chapter 14: SEROTONINERGIC and MIXED AGENTS -- IV: Ergogenic Agents and Supplements -- Chapter 15: ANABOLIC-ANDROGENIC STEROIDS -- Chapter 16: CLENBUTEROL and SALBUTAMOL (ALBUTEROL) -- Chapter 17: ERYTHROPOIETIN STIMULATION and OTHER BLOOD DOPING METHODS -- Chapter 18: HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN -- Chapter 19: HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE and INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR -- Chapter 20: NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS -- V: Ethanol -- Chapter 21: ETHANOL -- VI: Lysergic Acid Diethylamide -- Chapter 22: LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE (LSD) -- VII: Older Sedative Hypnotic Drugs -- Chapter 23: BARBITURATES -- Chapter 24: ETHCHLORVYNOL -- Chapter 25: GLUTETHIMIDE -- Chapter 26: MEPROBAMATE -- Chapter 27: METHAQUALONE and RELATED COMPOUNDS -- VIII: Opioids -- Chapter 28: BUPRENORPHINE -- Chapter 29: DEXTROMETHORPHAN -- Chapter 30: FENTANYL ANALOGUES -- Chapter 31: HEROIN and THE OPIUM POPPY PLANT -- Chapter 32: METHADONE -- Chapter 33: 1-METHYL-4-PHENYL-1,2,5,6-TETRAHYDROPYRIDINE -- IX: Phencyclidine.
Chapter 34: PHENCYCLIDINE and PHENCYCLIDINE ANALOGUES -- X: Volatile Substances of Abuse -- Chapter 35: VOLATILE SUBSTANCE ABUSE -- A: Anesthetics -- Chapter 36: CHLOROFORM -- Chapter 37: ETHERS -- Chapter 38: HALOGENATED ETHERS -- Chapter 39: HALOTHANE -- Chapter 40: NITROUS OXIDE -- B: Fluorinated Alkanes -- Chapter 41: FLUORINATED ALKANES -- C: Industrial Hydrocarbons -- Chapter 42: BUTANE, ISOBUTANE, and PROPANE -- Chapter 43: ETHYL CHLORIDE -- Chapter 44: GASOLINE -- Chapter 45: n-HEXANE -- Chapter 46: METHANOL -- Chapter 47: NAPHTHALENE and para-DICHLOROBENZENE (MOTHBALLS) -- Chapter 48: TOLUENE -- Chapter 49: TRICHLOROETHANE -- Chapter 50: TRICHLOROETHYLENE -- D: Nitrogen Compounds -- Chapter 51: AMYL and BUTYL NITRITES -- PART 2: PSYCHOACTIVE PLANTS -- Chapter 52: ABSINTHE -- Chapter 53: AYAHUASCA, HARMALA ALKALOIDS, and DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINES -- Chapter 54: BETEL QUID and ARECA NUT -- Chapter 55: CAFFEINE -- Chapter 56: COCAINE -- Chapter 57: IBOGAINE (Tabernanthe iboga Baill.) -- Chapter 58: KHAT (Catha edulis (Vahl) Forsskal Ex Endl.) and CATHINONE -- Chapter 59: KRATOM -- Chapter 60: MARIJUANA (Cannabis sativa L.) and Synthetic Cannabinoids -- Chapter 61: Mate Tea (Ilex paraguariensis A. St. Hil.) -- Chapter 62: MORNING GLORY FAMILY (CONVOLVULACEAE) -- Chapter 63: PEYOTE [Lophophora williamsii (Lem. Ex Salm-Dyck) Coult.] and MESCALINE -- Chapter 64: PSILOCYBIN and HALLUCINOGENIC MUSHROOMS -- Chapter 65: Salvia divinorum Epling & Jativa and Salvinorin A -- Chapter 66: Tobacco, Nicotine, and Pituri -- INDEX -- Color Plates.
Abstract:
This book provides a broad reference covering important drugs of abuse including amphetamines, opiates, and steroids. It also covers psychoactive plants such as caffeine, peyote, and psilocybin. It provides chemical structures, analytical methods, clinical features, and treatments of these drugs of abuse, serving as a highly useful, in-depth supplement to a general medical toxicology book. The style allows for the easy application of the contents to searchable databases and other electronic products, making this an essential resource for practitioners in medical toxicology, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, pharmaceuticals, environmental organizations, pathology, and related fields.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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