Commonly Abused Drugs Chart - National Institute On Drug Abuse - 2018 Page 9
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30Inhalants
Solvents, aerosols, and gases found in household products such as spray paints, markers, glues, and cleaning fluids;
also nitrites (e.g., amyl nitrite), which are prescription medications for chest pain. For more information, see the
Inhalants Research
Report.
Street Names
Commercial Names
Common Forms
Common Ways
DEA
Taken
Schedule
Poppers, snappers,
Various
Paint thinners or removers,
Inhaled through the
Not
whippets, laughing gas
degreasers, dry-cleaning
nose or mouth
scheduled
fluids, gasoline, lighter fluids,
correction fluids, permanent
markers, electronics cleaners
and freeze sprays, glue, spray
paint, hair or deodorant
sprays, fabric protector
sprays, aerosol computer
cleaning products, vegetable
oil sprays, butane lighters,
propane tanks, whipped
cream aerosol containers,
refrigerant gases, ether,
chloroform, halothane,
nitrous oxide
Possible Health Effects
Short-term
Confusion; nausea; slurred speech; lack of coordination; euphoria; dizziness; drowsiness;
disinhibition, lightheadedness, hallucinations/delusions; headaches; sudden sniffing death
due to heart failure (from butane, propane, and other chemicals in aerosols); death from
asphyxiation, suffocation, convulsions or seizures, coma, or choking.
Nitrites: enlarged blood vessels, enhanced sexual pleasure, increased heart rate, brief
sensation of heat and excitement, dizziness, headache.
Long-term
Liver and kidney damage; bone marrow damage; limb spasms due to nerve damage; brain
damage from lack of oxygen that can cause problems with thinking, movement, vision, and
hearing.
Nitrites: increased risk of pneumonia.
Other Health-related
Pregnancy: low birth weight, bone problems, delayed behavioral development due to brain
Issues
problems, altered metabolism and body composition.
In Combination with
Unknown.
Alcohol
Withdrawal
Nausea, tremors, irritability, problems sleeping, and mood changes.
Symptoms
Treatment Options
Medications
There are no FDA-approved medications to treat inhalant addiction.
Behavioral Therapies
More research is needed to find out if behavioral therapies can be used to treat inhalant
addiction.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Page 9 of 30
Commonly Abused Drugs
January 2018
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