Adverse Events Associated with Ingestion of Gamma-Butyrolactone - Minnesota, New Mexico, and Texas, 1998-1999.

From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | Date: February 26, 1999 | Copyright information

Products containing gamma-butyrolactone [(GBL).sup.*] are marketed for many claimed purposes, including to induce sleep, release growth hormone, enhance sexual activity and athletic performance, relieve depression, and prolong life. GBL is converted by the body into gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), a drug banned outside of clinical trials approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Recognized manifestations of GHB toxicity include bradycardia, hypothermia, central nervous syste...

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