Addiction to Snake Venom

Das, Saibal; Barnwal, Preeti; Maiti, Tanay; Ramasamy, Anand; Mondal, Somnath; Babu, Dinesh

doi:10.1080/10826084.2016.1272614

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“…Increased sense of well-being, lethargy, grandiosity, blurred vision, giddiness, drowsiness, feeling of dizziness and intense persistent euphoria, intense state of arousal are all common symptoms after a snakebite. [8] The hypnotic and euphoric effects of potentially lethal envenomation have no simple explanation. One possibility is a dry bite, in which just a small amount of venom enters the human body, causing a psychoactive effect.…”

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Recreational use of snake venom, an emerging trend in India – A case report and review of reports

Ram

2022

IJPP

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Adolescent substance abuse is at an all-time high these days. To get high, people have a pre-disposition to try new substances, and this experimenting leads them to try potentially lethal substances. Impulsive, novelty and adventure seekers are common characteristics of such users. We are reporting a case of snake venom abuse by snakebite in a patient with multiple substance use disorders. We discussed potential mechanisms of action, patient characteristics associated with snake venom abuse and management concerns.

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Recreational use of snake venom, an emerging trend in India – A case report and review of reports

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2022

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“…The snakes involved are believed to be elapids, many of which are often lethal. Such use can apparently sometimes rise to the level of addiction (Das et al 2017).…”

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Snakes, Snakebites, and Humans

Perry

Lacy

Das

2020

Problematic Wildlife II

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“…Various news outlets and case studies have highlighted recent trends of abusing animal parts, its excretions, or other metabolic products to achieve euphoric state. These substances of abuse of animal origin are collectively referred to as psychoactive fauna (Jimoh et al, 2022) and includes snake venom, toad skin excretions, hallucinogenic fish, and ants, scorpion stings, cow dung, and human wastes (Katshu et al, 2011;Kautilya and Bhodka, 2013;Das et al, 2017;Orsolini et al, 2018). The abuse of a lizard's entire body, tail, and faeces has become increasingly popular and commonly reported in recent years (Dass et al, 2020;Jimoh et al, 2022).…”

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Toxicological Evaluation and Central Nervous System Depressant Activities of Lizard Dung in Wistar Rats

Jimoh,

Okwor,

Tukur

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Though studies have characterized lizard dung as an unconventional psychoactive substance of abuse, this has not been demonstrated in experimental settings. We evaluated the toxicity and CNS activity of lizard dung in Wistar rats. The acute and subacute toxicity studies were conducted via oral and inhalational routes. Classical models of tail suspension, forced swim, elevated plus maze, hole board, and sodium pentobarbital-induced sleeping time tests were adopted and the lizard dung were administered via both routes. No mortality was observed for all doses of the test substance administered via both routes during the toxicity studies. Significant changes in serum urea, creatinine, bilirubin, ALP, ALT and AST were recorded. Mixed inflammatory infiltrates and oedema were observed in the lungs from the group that inhaled 1.0g darkish part of lizard dung. Lizard dung produced marked reduction in the exploratory behaviour. Our findings indicate depression of the CNS.

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Addiction to Snake Venom

Cited by 11 publications

References 30 publications

Recreational use of snake venom, an emerging trend in India – A case report and review of reports

Recreational use of snake venom, an emerging trend in India – A case report and review of reports

Snakes, Snakebites, and Humans

Toxicological Evaluation and Central Nervous System Depressant Activities of Lizard Dung in Wistar Rats

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