Biochemical, pharmacological, and toxic effects of n-metil 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine - "ecstasy"
Zivorad Malicevic, Milica Ninković, Ivana Vasiljević, Vesna Selaković, Marina Jovanović
Vojnosanitetski Pregled 2005 DOI: 10.2298/vsp0506467m (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
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| Topics | MDMA |
| Key points | Argues that "ecstasy" (MDMA) is not a safe or harmless recreational drug, that serious psychological, neurological, hepatic, renal, and cardiovascular toxic effects occur even at usual average doses, and that users who try to self-medicate resulting depression, anxiety, and fatigue with alcohol or harder drugs risk worsening their condition and progressing to severe addiction; urges health workers to educate the public, especially young people. |
Abstract
Navedeni podaci ukazuju da ?ekstazi? nije, kako se to posebno medju omladinom smatra, laka, bezopasna i zabavna droga. Obilje nezeljenih psihickih, neuroloskih, hepatickih, bubreznih, kardiovaskularnih i drugih toksicnih efekata pokazuje samo da oni nisu dobro procenjeni, a najopasnije je sto se desavaju pri upotrebi uobicajenih prosecnih doza ove droge. Uzivaoci u vecini slucajeva prelaze preko nezeljenih efekata MDMA i veoma lako se vracaju omiljenoj piluli, ali vremenom nezeljeni efekti postaju naglaseniji. U pokusaju da savladaju depresivnost, anksioznost i bezrazlozni zamor uzivaoci "ekstazija" obicno posezu za alkoholom ili drugim tezim narkoticima, cime posle privremenog "poboljsanja" stanje postaje jos teze, a put u tesku narkomaniju postaje sasvim izvestan. Usled nepoznavanja stvarne toksicnosti "ekstazija" zdravstveni radnici svih profila moraju uloziti napor i javnost upoznati sa stvarnim cinjenicama, posebno mlade koji iz neznanja i pomodarstva koriste "ekstazi".
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