title: Acute scopolamine poisoning after sniffing adulterated cocaine.
abstract: Five cases of acute poisoning by scopolamine bought as cocaine, are reported. All the cases presented a serious anticholinergic syndrome which needed physostigmine administration. The presence of scopolamine in urine and the specimen sniffed was demonstrated in all the cases.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Toxicology, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nogué
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Munné
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de la Torre
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003042:Cocaine; D003221:Confusion / Q000139:chemically induced; D004340:Drug Contamination; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012601:Scopolamine / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000506:poisoning*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D012601:Scopolamine; D003042:Cocaine