Man injects mushroom tea in vein, lands in hospital
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Man experienced multiple organ failure after turning injecting magic mushroom tea.
A dose of mushroom tea proved too costly for a man who, in the hope of finding a cure for his mental issues, landed in hospital with multiple organ failure and fungal infections, and nearly died.
According to a report published in the Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, the 30-year-old man was brought to a Nebraska hospital by his family after they noticed he was suffering confusion.
The man was type 1 bipolar disorder and started taking self medications after stopping prescription drugs. It was during one his manic depressive bouts, that he read about the effects of psilocybin on depression and anxiety and decided to try it out. This drug is found in psychedelic mushrooms or magic mushrooms.
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A 30-year-old man had a life-threatening experience with drugs when he was hospitalized after injecting psychedelic mushrooms into his veins, Gizmodo reported. The individual reportedly made a tea by .
Scientists report a case of Mr. X, 30, who boiled magic mushrooms into a tea and injected himself with the fluid. He was rushed to the ER where tests found fungus growing in his blood.