Inhalant Use Disorder

Question 1

Inhalants

Answer 1

Group that includes aerosols, glues, shoe polish, spray paint, toluene

Group of recreational substances most commonly used by adolescents

Question 2

Features of inhalant use

Answer 2

• Mood swings (due to rapid on-off of drugs, usually ~15-45 minutes)
• Slurred speech and ataxia
• Irritability
• Anorexia
• Conjunctival injection
• Respiratory depression
• “Sniffer’s rash” (eczematous rash in the perioral area)

Question 3

Complications of inhalant use

Answer 3

• Cardiac arrhythmias
• CNS sequellae:
  
  • Seizure
  • Coma
  • Respiratory depression