“Bath Salts” Intoxication: A Case Report

"Bath Salts" intoxication with multiorgan failure and left-sided ischemic colitis: a case report.

BACKGROUND In the recent years, a new group of designer drugs, under the brand name of bath salts has emerged as a new trend. They are mainly b-ketone amphetamine analogs and are derivatives of cathinone, a monoamine alkaloid. They are abused for psychostimulant effects. Their primary ingredient 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV), has alerted authorities worldwide due to its severe physiolog...

Synthetic Cannabinoid and Synthetic Cocaine Use during Pregnancy in a Soldier

Synthetic cannabinoid (spice) and synthetic cocaine (bath salts) are relatively new designer drugs of abuse. To date, there have been few reports in the medical literature documenting their use during pregnancy. A 22 year-old gravid woman at 32 weeks gestation presented with suicidal ideation and agitation that required restraints and admission to the psychiatric ward. The woman had a long hist...

Emergency department visits after use of a drug sold as "bath salts"--Michigan, November 13, 2010-March 31, 2011.

On February 1, 2011, in response to multiple news reports, the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) contacted the Children's Hospital of Michigan Poison Control Center (PCC) regarding any reports of illness in the state caused by the use of recreational designer drugs sold as "bath salts." Unlike traditional cosmetic bath salts, which are packaged and sold for adding to bath water for...

A Pragmatic Approach to Superwarfarin Intoxication in a Resource Constraint Setting; a Case Report

A trip on "bath salts" is cheaper than meth or cocaine but much more dangerous.

BATH SALTS, THE PSYCHOACTIVE DEsigner street drugs that emerged in the United States in 2010, have left a trail of bizarre and alarming reports: the man who slashed himself to remove the “wires” in his body; the mother who left her “demon-ridden” 2-year-old in the middle of a highway; the 21-year-old son of a family physician who, after snorting bath salts once, shot himself following 3 days of...