title: Low cost, high risk: accidental nutmeg intoxication.
abstract: Nutmeg poisoning is rare but probably underreported and should be considered in recreational substance users with acute psychotic symptoms as well as central nervous system neuromodulatory signs that may mimic in part an anticholinergic hyperstimulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Accident and Emergency, University College London Hospital, London WC1E 6AU, UK. andreas.demetriades@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Demetriades
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Wallman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McGuiness
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gavalas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D026323:Myristica / Q000506:poisoning*; D011605:Psychoses, Substance-Induced / Q000209:etiology*; D017365:Spices / Q000506:poisoning*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*