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Intoxicación por marihuana - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Intoxicación con marihuana; Intoxicación por marijuana (cannabis); La yerba; Marihuana (Mary Jane), Maleza; Hierba; Cannabis

Síntomas:

Los efectos intoxicadores de la marihuana abarcan relajación, somnolencia y la euforia leve (ponerse eufórico).

Fumar marihuana lleva a que se presenten signos y síntomas predecibles. Comer marihuana puede causar efectos más lentos y, algunas veces, menos predecibles.

La marihuana puede causar efectos secundarios indeseables que se incrementan con dosis más altas. Entre estos efectos secundarios están:

  • Disminución de la memoria a corto plazo.
  • Boca reseca.
  • Alteración de la percepción y destrezas motrices.
  • Enrojecimiento de los ojos.

Los efectos secundarios más graves abarcan: pánico, paranoia o psicosis aguda, lo cual puede ser más común con los nuevos consumidores o en aquellos que ya tienen una enfermedad psiquiátrica.

La cantidad y efecto de estos efectos secundarios varían de un individuo a otro, al igual que de la cantidad de marihuana utilizada.

Con frecuencia, la marihuana se reemplaza con alucinógenos y otras drogas más potentes que tienen efectos secundarios más graves que la misma marihuana. Estos efectos secundarios pueden abarcar:

Temas relacionados:

  • Reviewed last on: 1/5/2011
  • Jacob L Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Binh LT, Clark RF, Williams SR. Hallucinogens. In: Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al, eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier;2009:chap 154.

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