Addiction to Snake Venom.
The nature of addiction depends on various factors. The tendency to have already used several addictive substances and to seek high sensation experiences as a result of specific personality traits may lead to extreme and peculiar forms of addictions. Even belonging to specific social and cultural background may lead to such forms of addiction such as intentional snake bite and willful envenomation. In this article, we have discussed the peculiarities and practical insight of such addiction to snake venom. The possible molecular mechanism behind such venom-mediated reinforcement has also been highlighted. Finally, we have stressed upon the treatment and de-addiction measures.
a Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology , Christian Medical College , Vellore , India.
Saibal
S
Das
b Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University) , New Delhi , India.
Preeti
P
Barnwal
c Department of Psychiatry , Christian Medical College , Vellore , India.
Tanay
T
Maiti
d Department of Pharmacology , Swamy Vivekanandha College of Pharmacy , Namakkal , India.
Anand
A
Ramasamy
e Department of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology , Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine , Kolkata , India.
Somnath
S
Mondal
f Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Canada.
Dinesh
D
Babu
D006801:Humans; D012910:Snake Venoms; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*
D012910:Snake Venoms
Addiction; personality; reinforcement; snake venom; substance abuse