What are some other anticholinergics?
First, some background on anticholinergic deliriants: These drugs are not usually regarded as psychedelic, although they have a great deal in common historically, culturally, and pharmacologically with other drugs taken for their mind-altering powers. They are called anticholinergic because they block the action of acetylcholine, a nerve transmitter substance that controls the contraction of skeletal muscles and also plays an important role in the chemistry of the brain. They are called deliriants because their effects at high doses include incoherent speech, disorientation, delusions, and hallucinations, often followed by depression and amnesia for the period of intoxication. The classical anticholinergic delirients are the belladonna alkaloids: These tropane derivatives, the most powerful and important of which is scopolamine, are found in differing concentrations in various plants of the nightshade Family or Solanaceae, among them deadly nightshade (Atropa Belladona), mandrake (Mand
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