Health of Adolf Hitler

Health of Adolf Hitler

Drug use: abstinence

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==Drug use==
==Drug use==
{{further|Theodor Morell#Substances administered to Hitler}}
{{further|Theodor Morell#Substances administered to Hitler}}

As early as 1937, Hitler abstained from drinking and smoking.{{Sfn|Langer|1972|pp=54-55}}{{Cite news |last=Tolischus |first=Otto D. |author-link=Otto D. Tolischus |date=1937-05-30 |title=Where Hitler Dreams and Plans |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/05/30/archives/where-hitler-dreams-and-plans-at-the-berghof-on-a-bavarian-peak-he.html |access-date=2026-04-19 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |last=Tolischus |first=Otto D. |date=1996-04-14 |title=The Early Years: May 30, 1937; At Home With the Fuhrer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/14/magazine/the-early-years-may-30-1937at-home-with-the-fuhrer.html |access-date=2026-04-19 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}


Prescribed 90 medications during the war years by Morell, Hitler took up to 28 pills a day for his various ailments.{{sfn|Kershaw|2000|p=612}} He regularly consumed [[methamphetamine]],{{sfn|Doyle|2005|p=8/8 in PDF}} [[barbiturate]]s, [[opiate]]s, [[cocaine]],{{cite web|date=13 February 2017|last=Ohler|first=Norman|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/hitlers-doctor-said-the-dictator-almost-died-from-a-cocaine-overdose/|title=Hitler's Doctor Said the Dictator Almost Died from a Cocaine Overdose |work=Vice |access-date=15 March 2017}}{{sfn|Porter|2013}} testosterone (regularly from 1944 on),{{Cite journal |last=Bandyopadhyay |first=Sankar |date=2017-04-18 |title=Hitler's neuro-psychiatric medley, an un-ignorable war history for neurologists. (p2.049) |url=https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.88.16_supplement.P2.049 |journal=Neurology |volume=88 |issue=16_supplement |article-number=P2.049 |doi=10.1212/WNL.88.16_supplement.P2.049|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite web |last=Freund |first=Alexander |date=2025-11-16 |title=Hitler's DNA: What analysis reveals about his health |url=https://www.dw.com/en/hitler-dna-channel-4-documentary-what-genetic-analysis-really-reveals-about-the-dictators-health/a-74761371 |access-date=2025-12-31 |website=DW.com |language=en}} [[potassium bromide]], and [[deadly nightshade]] (in the form of [[Doktor Koster's Antigaspills]]).{{sfn|Doyle|2005|p=8}}
Prescribed 90 medications during the war years by Morell, Hitler took up to 28 pills a day for his various ailments.{{sfn|Kershaw|2000|p=612}} He regularly consumed [[methamphetamine]],{{sfn|Doyle|2005|p=8/8 in PDF}} [[barbiturate]]s, [[opiate]]s, [[cocaine]],{{cite web|date=13 February 2017|last=Ohler|first=Norman|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/hitlers-doctor-said-the-dictator-almost-died-from-a-cocaine-overdose/|title=Hitler's Doctor Said the Dictator Almost Died from a Cocaine Overdose |work=Vice |access-date=15 March 2017}}{{sfn|Porter|2013}} testosterone (regularly from 1944 on),{{Cite journal |last=Bandyopadhyay |first=Sankar |date=2017-04-18 |title=Hitler's neuro-psychiatric medley, an un-ignorable war history for neurologists. (p2.049) |url=https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.88.16_supplement.P2.049 |journal=Neurology |volume=88 |issue=16_supplement |article-number=P2.049 |doi=10.1212/WNL.88.16_supplement.P2.049|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite web |last=Freund |first=Alexander |date=2025-11-16 |title=Hitler's DNA: What analysis reveals about his health |url=https://www.dw.com/en/hitler-dna-channel-4-documentary-what-genetic-analysis-really-reveals-about-the-dictators-health/a-74761371 |access-date=2025-12-31 |website=DW.com |language=en}} [[potassium bromide]], and [[deadly nightshade]] (in the form of [[Doktor Koster's Antigaspills]]).{{sfn|Doyle|2005|p=8}}