Methoxetamine toxicity reported to the National Poisons Information Service: clinical characteristics and patterns of enquiries (including the period of the introduction of the UK's first Temporary Class Drug Order).
Emergency medicine journal : EMJ January 1, 2014 Simon L Hill, Siân C D Harbon, James M Coulson et al.
Between April 2010 and August 2012, the UK National Poisons Information Service received 47 telephone enquiries and 298 online database sessions about methoxetamine, a dissociative drug. After the UK placed methoxetamine under a Temporary Class Drug Order in April 2012, online sessions fell by 79% (from 151 to 32) and telephone enquiries by 80% (from 15 to 3). Clinical features reported included stimulant effects (36%), reduced consciousness (17%), dissociative effects (11%), cerebellar signs (6.4%), and acute mental health disturbances (43%). The pattern suggests reduced presentations to healthcare services, though whether the legal order caused the decline is unclear.