"Magic" mushrooms don't cause renal failure

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 17 Oct 2012 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ, volume 345, pages e6893-e6893 (eissn: 1756-1833,

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Authors: Edward G, Tuddenham;

doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6893

pmid: 23077354

"Magic" mushrooms don't cause renal failure

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Abstract

“We have had recent experience with renal toxicity caused by deliberate ingestion of psilocybin mushrooms, which are eaten for their hallucinogenic effects. Acute renal failure secondary to the recreational use of mushrooms is rarely reported.”1 Each of these statements is problematic. The authors give no …

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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
United Kingdom
University College London
United Kingdom
The Royal Free Hospital
United Kingdom

Keywords

Cortinarius, Male, Humans, Female, Mushroom Poisoning, Renal Insufficiency, Kidney

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