title: [Intoxication with henbane].
abstract: Henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, is a hallucinogenic plant, widely spread and easy accessible, which contains anticholinergic substances. Ingestion, intentional or accidental, can provoke serious worsening of psychophysical state and can cause even death. Intoxication resembles the one with atropine. Symptoms like mydriasis, tachycardia, arrhythmia, agitation, convulsion and coma can appear. Diagnosis is made by clinical symptomatology and history. Therapeutic acts include stomach lavage, supportive therapy and physostigmine as a specific antidote. Prognosis is usually good.
authors.affiliation: Psihijatrijska bolnica Vrapce Zagreb.
authors.forename: Domagoj
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vidović
authors.forename: Petrana
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brecić
authors.forename: Aleksander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haid
authors.forename: Vlado
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jukić
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006213:Hallucinogens / Q000506:poisoning; D006801:Humans; D032304:Hyoscyamus / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D010939:Plant Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D006213:Hallucinogens