B Tehan

Hyperthermia associated with 3,4‐methylenedioxyethamphetamine (‘Eve’)

Anaesthesia June 1, 1993 B Tehan, R D Hardern, A. Bodenham 48 citations

Summary A patient was admitted with hyperthermia, muscle rigidity, rhabdomyolysis and disseminated intravascular coagulation. He was initially thought to have taken 3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ‘Ecstasy’), but subsequent toxicology revealed the presence of 3,4‐methylenedioxyethamphetamine (MDEA, ‘Eve’), its sister drug, in his blood. Subsequent in vitro testing for malignant...