What substances, medications, or toxins may cause psychosis?
The following is a partial list of potentially psychotogenic substances divided by category:
- Substances: alcohol, sedatives, hypnotics, and anxiolytics (intoxication or withdrawal), hallucinogens (e.g., phencyclidine), inhalants
- Medications: anesthetics and analgesics, anticholinergic agents, antihistamines, anticonvulsants, antiparkinsonian medications, chemotherapeutic agents (e.g., cyclosporine, procarbazine), corticosteroids, muscle relaxants, phenylephrine, pseudoephedrine, disulfiram
- Toxins: anticholinesterase, organophosphate insecticides, sarin and other nerve gases, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and volatile substances such as fuel or paint
