Medications that affect CNS neurotransmitter levels may induce tactile hallucinations

Writers, Adis Medical

doi:10.1007/s40267-017-0394-x

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“…The clinical literature also contains case reports of tactile hallucinations induced by psychoactive compounds. The most commonly reported kind of drug-induced tactile hallucination is formication, the hallucination of bugs crawling on one's skin (Medical Writers, 2017;Nakamura & Koo, 2016). It is mostly reported after the use of stimulants, antiparkinsonian agents, and antidepressants, and can trigger delusional parasitosis, the delusion of being infested by parasites.…”

Section: Tactile Hallucinationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Drug-Induced Alterations of Bodily Awareness

Millière¹

2022

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Philosophical and empirical research on bodily awareness has mostly focused so far on bodily disorders – such as anorexia nervosa, somatoparaphrenia, or xenomelia (body integrity dysphoria) – and bodily illusions induced in an experimental setting – such as the rubber hand illusion, or the thermal grid illusion. Studying these conditions can be illuminating to investigate a broad range of issues about the nature, function, and etiology of bodily experience. However, a number of psychoactive compounds can also induce a remarkably wide variety of bodily effects that have received little attention despite their relevance to these issues. Some of these effects are similar to those associated with bodily disorders or experimental bodily illusions, while others appear to be unique. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of these lesser known bodily effects of psychoactive compounds, and outline some ways in which they can bear on recent debates regarding bodily awareness and bodily ownership.

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Section: Tactile Hallucinationsmentioning

confidence: 99%