Psilocybin
Psilocybin is a psychedelic compound found in Psilocybe semilanceata – a mushroom called 'liberty cap'. Effects of use vary greatly depending on many factors like dose, mood and expectations. The great risk is picking wrong fungi and get poisoned (even lethally).
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Trade
Trade & street names | psilocybin, psilocybine |
Products | no commercial products |
Medical info
Class | hallucinogens |
Medical use | no medical use |
Routes | oral |
Effects of use | similar to LSD but weaker - laughing, euphoria, increased confidency and at higher doses illusions and hallucinations, altered perception of time, shape and distanc, sick feeling, vomitting, flashbacke |
Effects of overdose | unable to direct movement, feel pain, or remember, vomiting; bad trips are concern with paranoia, anxiety, flashbacks |
Withdrawal effects | ? |
Onset | 30 minutes |
Duration of action | 4-9 hours |
Chemistry
Chemical name | 4-phosphoryloxy-N,N-dimethyl-tryptamine |
Chemical formula | C12H17N2O4P |
Molecular mass | 284.25 g/mol |
