Citation

Garcin L, Le Roch M, Agbessi CA, Lobut JB, Lecoeur A, Benoist G. Arch. Pediatr. 2016; 23(11): 1165-1168.

Vernacular Title

Purple drank : un dangereux cocktail à connaître.

Affiliation

Pédiatrie générale et urgences pédiatriques, CHU Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, 9, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Electronic address: gregoire.benoist@aphp.fr.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.arcped.2016.08.007

PMID

27670723

Abstract

"Purple drank" is a dangerous hallucinogenic cocktail commonly used by teenagers, made popular by American rappers and social networks. It combines codeine-based cough syrup, antihistamines such as promethazine, and soda. Unknown by caregivers, it may be responsible for serious neuropsychological complications. We report the effects of this new risky behavior in three patients: a 14-year-old girl and her boyfriend, both found in an initial state of drowsiness, followed by hallucinations and anticholinergic toxidrome; and another teenager whose chronic use led to addiction with increasing doses. It is important to identify signs of such intoxication and to inform patients about the risks of respiratory depression, drowsiness, and delirium linked to acute medication misuse.

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Language: fr