They look like regular fruit gums, but contain muscimol, a neurotoxin that occurs naturally in fly agaric. The Health and Food Safety Agency (AGES) is now issuing an urgent warning about the “muscimol gummies” appearing in vending machines and available for purchase online.
According to AGES, the fly agaric fruit gum is often sold as non-food goods, for example as souvenirs or collectibles. Although some of them are marked with notes such as “Not for consumption (suitable)” etc., recently there have been more and more cases of young people, as well as adults, ending up in hospital and requiring treatment after consuming such products. fruit gum.
The gummies contain amounts of muscimol that can cause symptoms of poisoning, according to AGES. She therefore urgently warns against consuming such products. The psychotropic substance muscimol leads to psychological arousal, dizziness and mental disorientation.
Because the muscimol gummies, often sold as “Magic gummies,” look like regular fruit gummies, they can be very dangerous, especially for small children, AGES warns. They can cause hallucinations such as colored images, euphoria and a feeling of weightlessness.
Poisoning can lead to coma
Poisoning with muscimol is manifested by complaints in the gastrointestinal area – such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea – as well as dizziness and increased salivation. Psychoses and circulatory failure are also described.
If larger amounts are consumed, muscle twitching, confusion, abdominal pain and agitation may occur, which can lead to unconsciousness or even coma.
Source: Krone
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