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Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation

ISSN 0931-0509, 1460-2385

2 papers in the library · 35 citations · publishing 1995-2013

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High incidence of mild hyponatraemia in females using ecstasy at a rave party.

Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation September 2013 Geetruida D Van Dijken, Renske E. Blom, Ronald J Hené et al.

Globally, millions of subjects regularly use ecstasy, a drug popular due to its empathogenic and entactogenic effects. Dilutional hyponatraemia, mainly caused by direct stimulation of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) secretion by ecstasy, is among the many side effects of the drug (active substance 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, MDMA). Severe, symptomatic hyponatraemia related to the use of MDMA...