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    Toxicon. 2005 Jun 1;45(7):941-3. Epub 2005 Apr 14.

    Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) poisoning, case report and review.

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    Department of Clinical Toxicology, Poison Information Center, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland. satora@wp.pl

    Abstract

    Gathering and eating mushrooms and other plants containing psychoactive substances has become increasingly popular among young people experimenting with drugs. Dried fly agaric Amanita muscaria fruiting bodies were eaten by five young persons (18-21 years of age) at a party in order to evoke hallucinations. Visual and auditory hallucinations occurred in four of them, whereas a 18-year-old girl lost consciousness. The following morning, she went to the Clinic of Toxicology. Due to the fact that not all the active substances present in the fly agaric have been identified, and some of them have an effect after a period of latency, the patient was admitted for several days of observation during which check-up examinations were performed. After four days without any problems, she was discharged. The poisoning regressed with no organ complications. The remaining persons who had eaten the fly agaric were free from any complaints.

    PMID:
    15904689
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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