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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 126, No. 9

Articles | March 01, 1970

Mephentermine Psychosis: Misuse of the Wyamine Inhaler

B. M. ANGRIST; J. W. SCHWEITZER; S. GERSHON; A. J. FRIEDHOFF

Am J Psychiatry 1970;126:1315-1317.

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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

1970, American Psychiatric Association

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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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