Scopolamine, also known as hyoscine, has a chemical structure very similar to that of atropine. Its peripheral effects are similar to those of atropine, but its central effects differ:
it has a sedative, tranquilizing, slightly euphoric, it promotes sleep, enhances the action of hypnotics and tranquilizers and amnesic effects. However in patients who experience severe pain, she can have a stimulating effect and cause hallucinations.
Little known to us, scopolamine has become a weapon for Colombian criminals who use them to rob or rape the victim. It’s much easier that this substance is colorless, odorless and erases the memory of the person consuming it. Every year it’s more than 50,000 crimes reported to the authorities who are using drugs zombies.
The last case that makes noise is that 3 dancers from Bogota, who after the coated breasts Scopolamine, brought men to lick them in nightclubs before attacking them. Women guarding men hostage for several days and made them without resistance, giving their credit card and code …
Scopolamine is used by injection as an antispasmodic in certain acute pain spasmogenic component of digestive or gynecological localization and treatment of wheezing Agonists congested airways by excessive secretion of saliva.
Percutaneously it is mainly used as anti-nausea in the prevention of motion sickness.
A drawback of most anti-motion sickness, including scopolamine, is that you can be drowsy. They are therefore only suitable if you do not have to drive yourself and if you do not have to stay alert.
It should be noted that butylscopolamine has long been marketed in France under the name of Buscopan *, trade name still used in many countries.
Scopolamine
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