Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) has become an increasingly dangerous, illicitly marketed substance with numerous potential health hazards. 1-8 GHB was originally developed as an anesthetic but was withdrawn as a result of unwanted side effects. Marketed for the treatment of narcolepsy and alcohol withdrawal, it was used illicitly as a growth hormone and fat-burning drug by body builders. It has also been used as a date-rape drug. 1 ,Z,9,10 In 1990 the Food and Drug Administration banned the sale of GHB in the United States.
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