Phencyclidine

Introduction: Phencyclidine

Description of Phencyclidine

Phencyclidine: Phencyclidine (PCP) was developed as an anesthetic for humans in 1959. Its use was discontinued due to extreme side effects that included delirium, confusion, visual disturbances, hallucinations and violence. Some evidence of long-term memory disorders and schizophrenia-like syndrome have been observed. It is a substance of abuse, combining effects produced by depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens. Can cause physical and psychological distress, coma, seizures and convulsions, respiratory depression, and cardiac problems. (NCI)
Source: Diseases Database

Phencyclidine: this drug is both a legitimate prescription anesthetic and a notoriously abused street drug also known as "angel dust."
Source: CRISP

Phencyclidine: A hallucinogen formerly used as a veterinary anesthetic, and briefly as a general anesthetic for humans. Phencyclidine is similar to KETAMINE in structure and in many of its effects. Like ketamine, it can produce a dissociative state. It exerts its pharmacological action through inhibition of NMDA receptors (RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE). As a drug of abuse, it is known as PCP and Angel Dust.
Source: MeSH 2007