DATURA-STRAMONIUM POISONING - DIAGNOSIS A ND TREATMENT ARE BASED ON CLINICAL SYMPTOMS

Datura stramonium is a hallucinogenic plant found in urban or rural ar eas. it contains three main toxic alkaloids: atropine, scopolamine, an d hyosciamine. Consumption of any part of the plant can result in seve re anticholinergic toxicity. Clinical symptoms are those seen in atrop ine poisoning, particularly hallucinations and mydriasis. Prognostic i s good in this study. Patients always require hospitalisation because of agitated behavior. Symptomatic treatment is efficient. Clinicians s hould be aware of the potential abuse of botanicals such as jimson wee d to avoid excessive investigations.