• Common examples of deliriants include plants of the genera Datura and Brugmansia (both containing scopolamine) as well as higher than recommended dosages of diphenhydramine (Benadryl). (wikipedia.org)
  • The altered state of consciousness produced by common or 'classical' deliriant substances such as scopolamine, atropine and diphenhydramine is primarily mediated through the drug compounds' competitive antagonism of the peripheral and central muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. (wikipedia.org)
  • The toxic berry of Atropa belladonna which contains the tropane deliriants scopolamine , atropine , and hyoscyamine . (wikipedia.org)
  • Despite their long history of use, deliriants are the least-studied class of hallucinogens in terms of their behavioral and neurological effects. (wikipedia.org)
  • What purpose did these hallucinogens and deliriants have in witchcraft? (tripsitter.com)
  • Witches commonly ingested herbs that contained tropane alkaloids - a class of powerful deliriant hallucinogens . (tripsitter.com)
  • Datura wrightii , as well as other members of the botanical Datura genus are sub-classified as a 'deliriant' hallucinogens which are virtually all anticholinergic drugs (specifically antimuscarinics). (calscape.org)
  • Deliriants confuse and disorientate the user and cause them to lose control of their actions, while not producing the same hallucinatory effects of classic hallucinogens. (addictionresource.com)
  • What these substances did was relatively simple: they either caused the witches to fall asleep (soporifics) or induced a state of delirium (deliriants) where they became detached from reality entirely. (tripsitter.com)
  • A third potential category is deliriants, which cause similar types of effects but primarily induce a state of delirium in the user. (addictionresource.com)
  • The altered state of consciousness produced by common or 'classical' deliriant substances such as scopolamine, atropine and diphenhydramine is primarily mediated through the drug compounds' competitive antagonism of the peripheral and central muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. (wikipedia.org)
  • Common examples of deliriants include plants of the genera Datura and Brugmansia (both containing scopolamine) as well as higher than recommended dosages of diphenhydramine (Benadryl). (wikipedia.org)
  • Hallucinations (both visual and auditory) are one of the main effects of taking these classes of drugs. (addictionresource.com)