Treatment
Treatment consists of palliative care during the acute intoxication phase: maintaining hydration, body temperature, blood pressure, and heart rate at acceptable levels until the drug is sufficiently metabolized to allow vital signs to return to baseline. Typical and atypical antipsychotics have been shown to be helpful in the early stages of treatment. This is followed by abstinence from psychostimulants, supported with counseling or medication designed to assist the individual preventing a relapse and the resumption of a psychotic state.
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