Acute Hallucinosis as a Complication of Addiction to Amphetamine Sulfate

AMPHETAMINE (Benzedrine) sulfate has been widely used in recent years in the treatment of chronic alcoholism,1 with or without psychosis, of narcolepsy and of depression, because of its stimulating action on the central nervous system. Its therapeutic action is to enhance mental activity and increase ability to concentrate; it lessens the feeling of fatigue and elevates the mood.The toxic effect of amphetamine sulfate varies a great deal in different persons.2 Small doses may produce alarming symptoms, whereas it is reported that large doses taken over a period of years for narcolepsy have produced no apparent ill effects.Apfelberg3 reported . . .