Article de Périodique
"Addicted to euphoria": The history, clinical presentation, and management of party drug misuse (2015)
Auteur(s) :
J. BEARN ;
M. O'BRIEN
Article en page(s) :
205-233
Sous-type de document :
Revue de la littérature / Literature review
Domaine :
Autres substances / Other substances ; Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Discipline :
PRO (Produits, mode d'action, méthode de dépistage / Substances, action mode, screening methods)
Thésaurus mots-clés
DROGUES DE SYNTHESE
;
USAGE RECREATIF
;
MDMA-ECSTASY
;
KETAMINE
;
GHB
;
GBL
;
DEPENDANCE
;
METABOLISME
;
VOIE D'ADMINISTRATION
;
PHARMACOLOGIE
;
INTOXICATION
;
SURDOSE
;
EFFET SECONDAIRE
Note de contenu :
CONTENTS:
1. Historical aspects of party drug use:
1.1 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine
1.2 Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid
1.3 Ketamine
2. Epidemiology of party drug use.
3. Recreational use versus dependence.
4. Party drugs: Subjective effects and hazards of use:
4.1 MDMA (Ecstasy)
4.2 GHB and GBL
4.3 Ketamine
5. The future of party drugs.
1. Historical aspects of party drug use:
1.1 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine
1.2 Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid
1.3 Ketamine
2. Epidemiology of party drug use.
3. Recreational use versus dependence.
4. Party drugs: Subjective effects and hazards of use:
4.1 MDMA (Ecstasy)
4.2 GHB and GBL
4.3 Ketamine
5. The future of party drugs.
Résumé :
Eating, drinking, sexual activity, and parenting invoke pleasure, an emotion that promotes repetition of these behaviors, are essential for survival. Euphoria, a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness, is an amplification of pleasure, aspired to one's essential biological needs that are satisfied. People use party drugs as a shortcut to euphoria. Ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, and ketamine fall under the umbrella of the term "party drugs," each with differing neuropharmacological and physiological actions. This chapter seeks to survey the history and epidemiology of party drug use; we will then discuss the pharmacological characteristics of each drug to provide a platform for understanding the difficulties that party drug users encounter through intoxication, harmful use, dependence, and withdrawal and how these should be clinically managed.
Affiliation :
Addictions Clinical Academic Group, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Maudsley Hospital, London, UK