GBL/Summary

Main article: GBL

Psychoactive class: Depressant

Chemical class: Tetrahydrofuran

Harm potential

• • Moderately physically and psychologically addictive

Tolerance

• • Full tolerance is reached within several weeks of continuous use
  • Returns to baseline after 7 - 14 days

Physical effects

• • Spatial disorientation
• • Stimulation
• • Motor control loss
  • Respiratory depression
  • Sedation
• • Dehydration
  • Dizziness
  • Increased salivation
  • Muscle cramp
  • Nausea
  • Optical sliding
  • Respiratory depression
  • Stomach cramp

Cognitive effects

• • Cognitive euphoria
• • Empathy, affection and sociability enhancement
  • Increased libido
  • Increased music appreciation
  • Suggestibility enhancement
• • Amnesia
  • Analysis suppression
  • Anxiety suppression
  • Disinhibition
  • Thought deceleration

See also

• Responsible use
• Summary index
• Subjective effect index
• Psychoactive substance index