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What is Phencyclidine?
Phencyclidine, or PCP, is an illegal street drug that can cause hallucinations. This article discusses overdose due to PCP. An overdose is when you take more than the normal or recommended amount of something, usually a drug. An overdose may result in serious, harmful symptoms or death. This is for information only and not for use in the treatment or management of an actual poison exposure. If you have an exposure, you should call your local emergency number (such as 911) or the National Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222. See: Overdose
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Also known as pcp, Angel Dust, Sernyl, GP121, Phencyclidine Hydrochloride, CL-395, CL395, CL 395, GP-121, GP 121, 1-(1-Phenylcyclohexyl)piperidine, Serylan, Phencyclidine Hydrobromide
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PCP Phencyclidine Abuse an Appraisal, 21
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PCP (phencyclidine) - Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade - ONDCP
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Characteristics of Primary Phencyclidine (PCP) Admissions: 2001
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phencyclidine - definition of phencyclidine in the Medical ...
phencyclidine /phen·cy·cli·dine/ (PCP) (fen-si´klĭ-dēn) a potent veterinary analgesic and anesthetic, used as a drug of abuse in the form of the ... Read more on
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Phencyclidine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Phencyclidine (a complex clip of the chemical name 1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl)piperidine, commonly initialized as PCP), also known as angel dust and myriad other ...
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Phencyclidine Information from Drugs.com
Phencyclidine is a drug of abuse, causing users to feel detached and distant. Includes phencyclidine side effects, interactions and indications.
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Phencyclidine (PCP)-Related Psychiatric Disorders: eMedicine ...
May 31, 2009 ... Overview: Phencyclidine (PCP) was originally developed as an anesthetic agent and marketed for a time as Sernylan; however, the agitation ...
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PCP, Phencyclidine - Drugs of Abuse and Related Topics - NIDA
NIDA InfoFacts: PCP/Phencyclidine. Brief description of the health hazards and extent of use of PCP. For a general audience. (Fact sheet). ...
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Phencyclidine Toxicity: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
Feb 1, 2011 ... Overview: Phencyclidine (PCP) was originally developed for use as a general anesthetic for surgery under the trade name Sernyl in the 1950s.
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Hallucinogens: LSD, Peyote, Psilocybin, and PCP - InfoFacts
PCP (phencyclidine) was developed in the 1950s as an intravenous anesthetic. ..... The urban epidemic of phencyclidine (PCP) use: Clinical and laboratory ...
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Drugs and Human Performance FACT SHEETS - Phencyclidine (PCP)
Adams B, Moghaddam B. Corticolimbic dopamine neurotransmission is temporally dissociated from the cognitive and locomotor effects of phencyclidine. ...
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Phencyclidine (PCP)
Phencyclidine.
Patients intoxicated with phencyclidine (PCP) present both diagnostic and management dilemmas. The clinical presentation ranges from coma to severe ...
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PCP (Phencyclidine)
PCP is a white crystalline powder that is readily soluble in water or alcohol. It has a distinctive bitter chemical taste. PCP can be mixed easily with dyes ...
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