Death following ingestion of MDMA (ecstasy) and moclobemide
Addiction February 20, 2003 Erkki Vuori, John A. Henry, Ilkka Ojanperä et al. 113 citations
ABSTRACT Four deaths following the ingestion of moclobemide and MDMA (‘ecstasy’) are described. The probable cause of death in each case was serotonin syndrome as a result of an interaction between the two drugs. As none of the victims had been prescribed moclobemide it seems that each had taken the drug to enhance the effects of MDMA, with fatal consequences. Warnings are needed against...