What is hyoscine?

What is hyoscine?

The travel sickness drug behind a mass overdose of backpackers in Perth - Health - ABC News

"The spotlight has been thrown on the pharmaceutical drug hyoscine after it was linked to the mass overdose of a group of Perth backpackers who snorted a mysterious substance sent to them in the mail.

The drug is typically used in much smaller quantities to treat conditions such as travel sickness, marketed under brands such as Kwells and Travacalm.

But experts say the amount of hyoscine included in these over-the-counter medications is far too small to be dangerous, or ellicit any kind of drug high.

Stronger doses of hyoscine can also be prescribed by doctors to treat more extreme cases of nausea."

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