[Cyclizine as a drug of abuse?].
Two British people going from Amsterdam to Berlin was examined at the borderline near Aix la Chapelle. Customsinspectors found besides a lot of hashish a letter hidden in a pocket lamp concerning drugs received in Amsterdam as remarks to LSD trips. Therefore a white powder found in a little paper in the purse of one person was tested for drugs. Previous examinations at the border failed and after further investigations at the Department of Forensic Medicine including mass spectrophotometry the powder was identified as Cyclizine. The analytical data like mass spectrum are described. This compound used many years for the prevention and treatment of motion sickness is off the market because of suggested teratogen effects. Previous reports about LSD-like symptoms after ingestion of large amounts of Cyclizine as the environment the powder was found let us suppose that some people will know about psychotic effects at high doses of this drug not being an inhibited narcotic.
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Abteilung Rechtsmedizin der Medizinischen Fakultät der Rhein.--Westf. Techn. Hochschule Aachen.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003501:Cyclizine / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000209:etiology*
D003501:Cyclizine
Cyclizin als Rauschdroge?