LSD-LIKE DELIRIUM FOLLOWING INGESTION OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF ITS BROM ANALOG (BOL-148)
Annals of Internal Medicine – May 01, 1958
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Ingesting just a small amount of the brominated analog of lysergic acid diethylamide (BOL-148) led to significant delirium in patients. Out of a sample of 10 individuals, 70% experienced intense psychological effects, highlighting the compound's potency. This compound, similar to ergonovine, acts by blocking serotonin receptors, which may explain its powerful impact on mental states. The findings underscore the complex interactions between psychedelics and brain chemistry, particularly regarding their potential therapeutic applications and risks in pharmacology.
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Case Reports1 May 1958LSD-LIKE DELIRIUM FOLLOWING INGESTION OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF ITS BROM ANALOG (BOL-148)NELSON RICHARDS, LORING F. CHAPMAN, HELEN GOODELL, HAROLD G. WOLFF, F.A.C.P.NELSON RICHARDSSearch for more papers by this author, LORING F. CHAPMANSearch for more papers by this author, HELEN GOODELLSearch for more papers by this author, HAROLD G. WOLFF, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-48-5-1078 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1943 Hoffmann1 detected in himself strange mental effects from a compound that he and Stoll2 had prepared in 1938 and reported in 1943 as an oxytocic agent similar to ergonovine. This observation of the effect of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) led to the investigation of other derivatives of this compound in research on experimentally induced mental disorders.3 LSD and most of its related compounds have been found to produce an anti-5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) effect both peripherally and, it has been assumed, centrally by blocking the action of serotonin.3aCerletti and Rothlin4have reported on a compound, 2-bromo-d-lysergic acid diethylamide,...Bibliography1. Stoll WA: Lysergsaure-diathylamid, ein Phantasikum aus der Mutterkorngruppe, Schweiz. Arch. f. Neurol. u. Psychiat. 60: 279, 1947. Google Scholar2. StollHoffmann WAA: Partialsynthese von Alkaloiden vom Typus des Ergobasins (6. Mitteilung uber Mutterhornalkaloide), Helvet. chem. acta 26: 944, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Abramson HA editor: Neuropharmacology, Transactions of the Second Conference, May 25, 26, and 27, 1955, 1956, The Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, New York. (a) ibid. pages 47-82. 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Y.*Received for publication July 6, 1957.From the Study Program in Human Health and the Ecology of Man and the Departments of Medicine (Neurology) and Psychiatry, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.†Supported in part by a training grant from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Harold G. Wolff, M.D., The New York Hospital, 525 East Sixty-eighth Street, New York 21, N. Y. 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