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Mephentermine Psychosis: Misuse of the Wyamine Inhaler

B. M. ANGRIST, J. W. SCHWEITZER, S. GERSHON, and A. J. FRIEDHOFFAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126, Number 9

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.9.1315

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The authors present case reports of three patients with similar pathology in their social, vocational, and sexual adjustment who developed paranoid or paranoid hallucinatory syndromes in conjunction with the abuse of mephentermine from Wyamine inhalers. Their symptomatology appeared clinically identical to amphetamine psychosis or acute paranoid schizophrenia. The authors conclude that, if abused, the Wyamine inhaler is potentially dangerous and that its availability on the market constitutes a loophole in the current regulations governing stimulant drugs.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126 • Number 9 • March 1970

Pages: 1315 - 1317

PubMed: 5413209

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Published in print: March 1970

Published online: 1 April 2006

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B. M. ANGRIST

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J. W. SCHWEITZER

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S. GERSHON

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A. J. FRIEDHOFF

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Research psychiatrist, department of psychiatry and neurology, New York University Medical Center, 550 First Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016

Instructor in experimental psychiatry, department of psychiatry and neurology, New York University Medical Center, 550 First Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016

Professors of psychiatry, department of psychiatry and neurology, New York University Medical Center, 550 First Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016, director, neuropsychopharmacology research unit, New York University Medical Center

Professors of psychiatry, department of psychiatry and neurology, New York University Medical Center, 550 First Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016

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Mephentermine Psychosis: Misuse of the Wyamine Inhaler

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