MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), popularly known as “ecstasy,” “E,” “Adam,” “XTC,” “M&M,” or “Molly,” is a synthetic compound of phenethylamine with stimulant and hallucinogenic properties. It is a common recreational street drug affecting young people particularly at urban dance parties in Hong Kong. MDMA abuse is widely reported in electronic dance music (EDM) festivals all over the...
Public health focused on drug use is considered a balancing act between preventing illicit use of drugs of abuse and ensuring access to drugs/medicines with abuse potential for a medical condition. Whereas clinically relevant drug interactions for medicines are widely recognized and are included in most pharmacovigilance systems, drug interactions with drugs of abuse are mainly underexplored,...