Pethidine/Summary

Main article: Pethidine

Psychoactive class: Opioids

Chemical class: Substituted piperidines

Oral

Thresh Common Heavy

25 - 50 - 100 - 200 - 400 mg

Light Strong
- Onset: 30 - 60 minutes
- Peak: 4 - 6 hours
- Afterglow: 2 - 10 hours

Harm potential

- Extremely addictive with a high potential for abuse
- High toxicity, potentially lethal when mixed with depressants like alcohol or benzodiazepines

Tolerance

- Full tolerance is reached develops with prolonged and repeated use
- Decreases to half after 3 - 7 days
- Returns to baseline after 1 - 2 weeks
- Cross-tolerance with all other opioids

Physical effects

- Stimulation

Visual effects

- Visual acuity suppression

Cognitive effects

See also

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