Shader RI and Greenblatt DJ. Uses and toxicity of belladonna alkaloids and synthetic anticholinergics. Seminars in Psychiatry 1971;3(4):449-476. View abstract. May hallucinate during fever, sees ghosts, dark animals, hideous faces, and wants to run away from them. Modalities Timbrell, John (2005). The poison paradox: chemicals as friends and foes. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Pr. pp. 2. ISBN 0-19-280495-2. poisons used by the wife of Claudius.

a b Warren, Peter (July 2, 2012). "Belladonna: No More Sex on Camera". Adult Video News . Retrieved January 13, 2023.Atropa belladonna and related plants, such as Datura stramonium (commonly known as jimson weed), have occasionally been used as recreational drugs because of the vivid hallucinations and delirium they produce. [59] These hallucinations are most commonly described as very unpleasant, and recreational use is considered extremely dangerous because of the high risk of unintentional fatal overdose. [60] [61] [62] [63] [9] The main psychoactive ingredients are the alkaloids scopolamine and, to a lesser extent, hyoscyamine. [64] The effects of atropine on the central nervous system include memory disruption, which may lead to severe confusion. [65] The major effects of belladonna consumption last for three to four hours; visual hallucinations can last for three to four days, and some negative aftereffects are preserved for several days. [36] Poison [ edit ] Richardson Magazine A6 - The Love Issue". Highsnobiety. May 29, 2012. ISSN 2192-6964. Archived from the original on March 15, 2023 . Retrieved July 9, 2019. Mind: Patient lives in a world of his own, engrossed by specters and visions and oblivious to surrounding realities. While the retina is insensible to actual objects, a host of visual hallucinations throng about him and come to him from within. He is acutely alive and crazed by a flood of subjective visual impressions and fantastic illusions. Hallucinations; sees monsters, hideous faces. Delirium; frightful images; furious; rages, bites, strikes; desire to escape. Loss of consciousness. Disinclined to talk. Perversity, with tears. Acuteness of all senses. Changeableness. Scientific evidence to recommend the use of A. belladonna in its natural form for any condition is insufficient, [2] [3] [32] although some of its components, in particular l- atropine, which was purified from belladonna in the 1830s, have accepted medical uses. [42] Donnatal is a prescription pharmaceutical, that combines natural belladonna alkaloids in a specific, fixed ratio with phenobarbital to provide peripheral anticholinergic or antispasmodic action and mild sedation. [50] Donnatal contains 0.0194mg of atropine. [50] According to the FDA and Donnatal labeling, it is possibly effective for use as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (irritable colon, spastic colon, mucous colitis) and acute enterocolitis. [50] [51] Donnatal is not approved by the FDA as being either safe or effective. [50] According to the FDA, Donnatal use has significant risks: it can cause harm to a fetus if administered to a pregnant woman, can lead to heat prostration if used in hot climates, may cause constipation, and may produce drowsiness or blurred vision. [50] Certain Homeopathic Teething Products: FDA Warning- Confirmed Elevated Levels of Belladonna. FDA Safety Alerts for Human Medical Products, January 27, 2017. Available at: https://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm538687.htm. [Accessed March 22, 2016]

It is advised not to repeat so frequently as it has long duration action. So, the second dose is repeated only when there is subside of symptoms. Owais, F., Anwar, S., Saeed, F., Muhammad, S., Ishtiaque, S., & Mohiuddin, O. (2014, November). Analgesic, anti-inflammatory and neuropharmacological effects of atropa belladonna. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 27(6), 2183-2187 a b Michael (1998). Alkaloids: biochemistry, ecology, and medicinal applications. New York: Plenum Press. p.20. ISBN 0-306-45465-3. When taking belladonna preparations prescribed by your doctor, you should be careful with the dosage. It is forbidden to independently increase the dose and change the frequency of administration. Belladonna is effective in treating those patients in which sexual desire is very strong. In a manic state, desire can be increased tremendously leading to involuntarily erection, frequent masturbation and the seminal emissions are copious. Female SymptomsHeindl, S., Binder, C., Desel, H., Matthies, U., Lojewski, I., Bandelow, B., Kahl, G. F., and Chemnitius, J. M. [Etiology of initially unexplained confusion of excitability in deadly nightshade poisoning with suicidal intent. Symptoms, differential diagnosis, toxicology and physostigmine therapy of anticholinergic syndrome]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 11-10-2000;125(45):1361-1365. View abstract.