Adverse reactions with 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; 'ecstasy').
Drug safety August 1996 U D McCann, S O Slate, George A. Ricaurte
3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; 'ecstasy') is an increasingly popular recreational drug in the US, Western Europe and Australia. In animals, including nonhuman primates, MDMA is known to damage brain serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) neurons. It is not known whether MDMA damages serotonin neurons in the human brain but there is some indication that it may. Although the large...