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6718481

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-6-20
pubmed:abstractText
Khat chewing has been found to induce, like amphetamines, psychostimulation and increase in sympathetic tone. The possibility that tolerance develops to these effects has been studied by comparing the influence of the chewing of a standard dose of khat on some physiological parameters in chronic consumers and naive subjects. Systolic blood pressure appears to rise in both groups, but the increase in diastolic pressure was more marked in naive subjects and inversely related to the reduction of pulse rate. The increases of respiratory rate and body temperature were also higher in naive subjects. In both groups, all these effects disappeared after 18 h. These results are consistent with an amphetamine-like mechanism of action and suggest that tolerance develops to the sympathetic effects of khat.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0031-7012
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
150-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Tolerance develops to sympathetic effects of khat in humans.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't