Snake Venom Use as a Substitute for Opioids: A Case Report and Review of Literature

The mind-altering agents such as tobacco, cannabis, and opium have been widely used since the evolution of human being. These substances have been widely used for recreational purposes. However, derivatives from reptiles such as snakes, reptiles, and scorpions can also be used for recreational purpo...

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Autores principales: Mehra, Aseem, Basu, Debashish, Grover, Sandeep
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5968650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29875536
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_216_17
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description The mind-altering agents such as tobacco, cannabis, and opium have been widely used since the evolution of human being. These substances have been widely used for recreational purposes. However, derivatives from reptiles such as snakes, reptiles, and scorpions can also be used for recreational purposes and as a substitute for other substances. Their use is rare and related literature is very scanty. In this report, we present a case of snake venom abuse and review the existing literature.
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spelling pubmed-59686502018-06-06 Snake Venom Use as a Substitute for Opioids: A Case Report and Review of Literature Mehra, Aseem Basu, Debashish Grover, Sandeep Indian J Psychol Med Case Report The mind-altering agents such as tobacco, cannabis, and opium have been widely used since the evolution of human being. These substances have been widely used for recreational purposes. However, derivatives from reptiles such as snakes, reptiles, and scorpions can also be used for recreational purposes and as a substitute for other substances. Their use is rare and related literature is very scanty. In this report, we present a case of snake venom abuse and review the existing literature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5968650/ /pubmed/29875536 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_216_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Psychiatric Society - South Zonal Branch http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Snake Venom Use as a Substitute for Opioids: A Case Report and Review of Literature
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title_full Snake Venom Use as a Substitute for Opioids: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_fullStr Snake Venom Use as a Substitute for Opioids: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_full_unstemmed Snake Venom Use as a Substitute for Opioids: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_short Snake Venom Use as a Substitute for Opioids: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_sort snake venom use as a substitute for opioids: a case report and review of literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5968650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29875536
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_216_17
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