deliriant
Sign in to savethumb|The toxic berry of Atropa belladonna which contains the tropane deliriants [[scopolamine, atropine, and hyoscyamine.]]
Key facts
- Drug class.Image
- L-Scopolamin.svg
- Drug class.ImageClass
- skin-invert-image
- Drug class.Caption
- Chemical structure of scopolamine, one of the most well-known deliriants.
- Drug class.Width
- 200px
- Drug class.Synonyms
- Antimuscarinic; Anticholinergic; Muscarinic antagonist; Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist
- Drug class.Use
- Recreational, medical
- Drug class.Mechanism_of_action
- Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonism
- Drug class.Biological_target
- Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors
- Drug class.Chemical_class
- Various
- Drug class.legal_status
- Non-controlled
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15 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Mechanism of action
- Effects
- Deliriant substances
- Recreational use
- Occultism and folklore
- Classes of deliriants
- Anticholinergics
- [[Tropane alkaloids|Tropanes]]
- [[Ethanolamines]]
- Antihistamines
- Other
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|The toxic berry of Atropa belladonna which contains the tropane deliriants [[scopolamine, atropine, and hyoscyamine.]]
Deliriants are a subclass of hallucinogen. The term was coined in the early 1980s to distinguish these drugs from psychedelics such as LSD and dissociatives such as ketamine, due to their primary effect of causing delirium, as opposed to the more lucid and less disturbed states produced by other types of hallucinogens, where rational thought is better preserved (including the ability to distinguish hallucinations from reality). The term generally refers to anticholinergic drugs, which are substances that inhibit the function of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.