%0 Journal Article
%T Cocaine hallucinations
%J American journal of psychiatry
%D 1978
%A Siegel, R. K.
%V 135
%N 3
%P 309-314
%X The author reviews the literature on hallucinations that occur as a result of acute and chronic administration of cocaine. He examined the phenomenology of cocaine hallucinations in a group of 85 recreational cocaine users, 15 of whom reported hallucinatory experiences in visual, tactile, olfactory, auditory, and gustatory modalities. He discusses a new phenomenon of "snow lights" in terms of initiating a progression of symptoms leading to the classic "cocaine bugs." He also points out the similarity of cocaine hallucinations to entoptic phenomena and migraine hallucinations, which suggests a common mechanism of action based on CNS excitation and arousal.<p /><p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I American Psychiatric Association
%@ 0002-953X
%U http://dx.doi.org/