Commonly Abused Drugs Chart - National Institute On Drug Abuse - 2018 Page 7
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A depressant approved for use in the treatment of narcolepsy, a disorder that causes daytime "sleep attacks."
Street Names
Commercial Names
Common Forms
Common Ways
DEA
Taken
Schedule
G, Georgia Home Boy,
Gamma-
Colorless liquid, white
Swallowed (often
I
Goop, Grievous Bodily
hydroxybutyrate or
powder
combined with
Harm, Liquid Ecstasy,
sodium oxybate
alcohol or other
Liquid X, Soap, Scoop
(Xyrem®)
beverages)
Possible Health Effects
Euphoria, drowsiness, nausea, vomiting, confusion, memory loss, unconsciousness, slowed
Short-term
heart rate and breathing, lower body temperature, seizures, coma, death.
Long-term
Unknown.
Other Health-related
Sometimes used as a date rape drug.
Issues
In Combination with
Nausea, problems with breathing, greatly increased depressant effects.
Alcohol
Withdrawal
Insomnia, anxiety, tremors, sweating, increased heart rate and blood pressure, psychotic
Symptoms
thoughts.
Treatment Options
Medications
Benzodiazepines
Behavioral Therapies
More research is needed to find out if behavioral therapies can be used to treat GHB
addiction.
Hallucinogens
Drugs that cause profound distortions in a person’s perceptions of reality, such as ketamine, LSD, mescaline (peyote),
PCP, psilocybin, salvia, DMT, and ayahuasca. For more information, see the
Hallucinogens and Dissociative Drugs
Research
Report.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Page 7 of 30
Commonly Abused Drugs
January 2018
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