Inhalants

Neurotoxic effects of inhalants.

Inhalants are a group of substances that have mind-altering or psychoactive effects when inhaled. The intoxicating effect makes them liable to abuse. Volatility is the common physical characteristic shared by all inhalants. Inhalant abuse is a worldwide problem. The substances abused are numerous, cheap, legal and easily available (Table 1). They are usually emptied into a plastic bag or a used...

Classification of abused inhalants.

Many hundreds of household and industrial products can be volatilized readily and are subject to abuse. Inhalant abuse research has been hampered by a lack of consensus on whether or not there are subclassifications of abused inhalants based on chemical structure, form or intended use of the product or pharmacological properties. This paper discusses strengths and weaknesses of various approach...

Immunotoxicology of opioids, inhalants, and other drugs of abuse.

Drug abuse is a problem of increasing worldwide significance. In addition to the obvious socioeconomic problems associated with the use of so-called street drugs, the abuse of ethical pharmaceuticals may also result in serious untoward health effects depending upon a wide range of variables (Chiang and Goldfrank 1990). One possible medical complication of drug abuse is modulation of the immune ...

Health Hazards of Nitrite Inhalants, 83

Folk medical inhalants in respiratory disorders.

SEVERAL years ago as I began to work through my voluminous files on American folk medicine, I became interested in some of the unusual remedies that have been employed to combat respiratory ailments in the United States and Canada. This interest was considerably heightened in 1964 when two Virginia scholars called attention to the use of grist mills in the treatment of whooping-cough in their o...